Edwin Muir's 'An Autobiography' is a compelling narrative that delves into the author's personal experiences, offering readers a glimpse into his life.

... in author's private collection . Letter from John Muir to John Goldie , 1936 ( Goldie Col- lection , Guelph ) . 26. Dr. A.E. Byerly , Fergus and North East Nichol , self - published , 1933. Reprints of this book are available from the ...

The first biography of poet Jack Spicer (1925-1965), a key figure in San Francisco’s gay cultural scene and in the development of American avant garde poetries.

With the sweep of an epic novel, Michael Schumacher tells the story of Allen Ginsberg and his times, with fascinating portraits of Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, and William Burroughs, among others, along with many rarely seen photographs.

This new biography of Sinclair underscores his place in the American story as a social, political, and cultural force, a man who more than any other disrupted and documented his era in the name of social justice.

... in author's possession . John Muir Collection , 1902-1955 . Huntington Library . San Marino , California . John Muir Papers , 1858-1957 . Holt - Atherton Center for Western Studies , Univer- sity of the Pacific . Stockton ...

A delightful and comprehensive look at the lives and works of some of England's finest poets.

From Mahatma Gandhi and John F. Kennedy to Martin Luther King and Leo Tolstoy, the works of Henry David Thoreau – author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, surveyor, schoolteacher, engineer – have long been an inspiration to ...

Historian Sir John Wheeler-Bennett (1902–1975) was one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary political observers.

Walt Whitman spent much of his time with wounded soldiers, both in the field and in the hospitals. The forty notebooks he filled became the basis for this extraordinary diary of a medic in the Civil War.