Biography & Memoir
Frederick Douglass
Paperback
“A masterpiece….[W]ill rightfully assume its place as the standard biography of a truly great figure in the nation’s past.” —New York Newsday
Fidel Castro
Paperback
In this masterly biography, the prize-winning historian Robert E. Quirk paints a portrait of the charismatic leader who for more than three decades—and over eight American presidencies—managed to sustain a communist regime in the western hemisphere.
Dreams in the Mirror: A Biography of E.E. Cummings
Paperback
Reissued with a new preface for the centennial.
Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History
Paperback
In this psychobiography, Erik H. Erikson brings his insights on human development and the identity crisis to bear on the prominent figure of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther.
Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence
Paperback
In this study of Mahatma Gandhi, psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson explores how Gandhi succeeded in mobilizing the Indian people both spiritually and politically as he became the revolutionary innovator of militant non-violence and India became the motherland of large-scale civil disobedience.