"20 Great Life Stories" by John W. Murphy
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ISBN 1-58939-516-6. $12.95. Softcover. 116 Pages. Biography fans will be happy to read the essentials of the lives of 20 extraordinary people, set in concise and entertaining rhyme. Their struggles, determination and triumphs are revealed in settings at home and abroad. The chosen careers of these individuals represent the worlds of humor, music, sports, medicine, film, literature, theater, painting, dance, humanism, aviation, religion and poetry. Those included in the book are: Will Rogers Amelia Mary Earhart James Thurber Marian Anderson George Herman (Babe) Ruth Mary Montessori Orson Welles Edith Newbold Jones Wharton George Gershwin Mary Baker Eddy Cesar Chavez Gertrude Lawrence Ben Hogan Martha Graham Langston Hughes Rachel Carson John Singer Sargent Betty Friedan Clark Gable Florence Nightningale Rhyme has been employed in storytelling for centuries, for pure enjoyment, to help remember what has been read and to enhance basic prose. May these personal histories bring you reading pleasure. ABOUT THE AUTHOR John W. Murphy was born in New Haven, Connecticut. Because his father was Mayor there for many years, he and his sisters, Mary Ellen and Catherine, got to meet many celebrities, like Marian Anderson, Charles Laughton, Ann Rutherford, Orson Welles, Walter Pidgeon and Mickey Rooney, together with Judy Garland. Murphy is a graduate of Fordham College in New York. He served as teacher and principal in the Department of Defense Dependents Schools in Germany, Greece and Italy. He and his wife, Rita, live in California. His previous book is Aesop, Just in Rhyme, a new, lighter version of the famous fables, for readers of all ages. Login to review this product