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First Kill: A Fighter Pilot's Autobiography: 1981 William R. Dunn: Fighter Pilot: The First American Ace of World War II: 1982 Robert Mason: Chickenhawk [g] 1983 Charles R. Bond Jr. A Flying Tiger's Diary: 1984 Duke Cunningham: Fox Two: The Story of America's First Ace in Vietnam: 1984 Gerhard Neumann: Herman the German: Enemy Alien U.S. Army ...
Many presidents of the United States have written autobiographies about their presidencies and/or (some periods of) their life before their time in office. Some 19th-century U.S. presidents who wrote autobiographies are James Buchanan and Ulysses S. Grant, though Grant's autobiography is about his time as general during the U.S. Civil War and ...
First autobiography of Dalit woman. ... The Man Who Made The Elephant Dance: 2012: ... This page was last edited on 10 February 2025, ...
Nelson Mandela’s crusade against apartheid made him a hero in the eyes of many in the global Black community. ... is the first and most famous of her autobiographies. 11. ... first Black ...
Last Words (book) Laughing in the Jungle; Lawyering (book) Let Me Finish; Lettin' It All Hang Out; Liar's Poker; The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid; Life Could Be Verse; A Little Bit Wicked; Little Britches (book) Little White Duck: A Childhood in China; The Long Hard Road Out of Hell; The Long Haul (autobiography) The Lost Boy (memoir ...
In his autobiography, American on Purpose, he identifies himself as an autodidact—although a dilettante one (see the article on Jean-Paul Sartre's Nausea). Penn Jillette , a member of the comedy and magic duo Penn & Teller, declared both he and his partner Teller to be autodidacts in an episode of their television series, Penn & Teller ...
Saint Augustine of Hippo wrote Confessions, the first Western autobiography ever written, around 400.Portrait by Philippe de Champaigne, 17th century.. An autobiography, [a] sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life, providing a personal narrative that reflects on the author's experiences, memories, and insights.
Part One of the Autobiography is addressed to Franklin's son William, at that time (1771) Royal Governor of New Jersey.While in England at the estate of the Bishop of St Asaph in Twyford, the 65-year-old Franklin begins by describing his parents and grandparents, recounting his childhood, expressing his fondness for reading, and narrating his apprenticeship to his brother James Franklin, a ...