Central New York Books: Non-Fiction - Biography
- Single Women/Family Ties: Life Histories of Older Women
by Katherine R. Allen.
(Sage Pubns, 1989).
Part of the series New Perspectives on Family.
ISBN: 0803928041 (hardcover) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 080392805X (hardcover) Try Amazon.com.
[topic,history,biography]
- Eye on the Sparrow
by Genelle B. Altman.
(1stBooks Library, 2002).
ISBN: 1403346763 (paperback, 160 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography]
- The Social Meaning of Mental Retardation: Two Life Stories
by Robert Bogdan.
(Teachers College Pr, 1994).
Part of the series Special Education.
15th in the series. The author is on the faculty at Syracuse University.
ISBN: 0807733431 (paperback) Try Amazon.com.
[author,psychology,biography,education,sociology]
- Lost Innocence: A Daughter's Account of Love, Fear and Desperation
by Cathy Brochu.
(Bloomington, Ind.: 1stBooks, 2001).
ISBN: 0759626820 (paperback, 145 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography]
- Good Guys, Bad Guys, Big Guys, Little Guys: Upstate New York Stories from the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Herald American
by Dick Case.
(Syracuse Newspapers, 1995).
ISBN: 0962915998 (paperback) Try Amazon.com.
[topic,biography,history]
- Early Black Syracusans
by Sylvester J. H. Clark.
[biography,history,topic]
- The Journals of Christian Daniel Claus and Conrad Weiser: A Journey to Onondaga, 1750
by Daniel Claus, William A. Starna, translator, Helga Doblin & Conrad Weiser.
(Amer Philosophical Society, 1994).
Part of the series Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Held at Ph.
ISBN: 0871698420 (paperback) Try Amazon.com.
[topic,history,biography]
- The Family of the Wizard: The Baums of Syracuse
by Susan Ferrara.
(Xlibris Corporation, 1999).
ISBN: 0738813168 (hardcover) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0738813176 (paperback) Try Amazon.com.
[topic,biography]
- A Village Diary: Frank S. Gleason--1857-1923
by Joan Gleason Fickett, editor & Dorianne Gutierrez, editor.
(Liverpool, NY: Friends of Gleason mansion).
Liverpool family.
[author,topic,history,biography]
- Desire and Duty at Oneida: Trixah Miller's Oneida Memoir
by Robert S. Fogarty.
(Bloomington: Indiana University Press).
Hardcover.
[topic,biography,history]
- Aftermath: In the Wake of Murder
by Carrie Freitag.
(Chevron Publishing Corp., 2003).
The author is a native of Skaneateles. http://www.chevronpublishing.com/product.cfm?dispprodid=604
ISBN: 1883581354 (paperback, 206 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[formerly,topic,biography]
- The Dark Side of the Game: My Life in the NFL
by Tim Green.
(Warner Books, 1997).
ISBN: 0446605204 (paperback, 304 pages) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 1570424128 (cassette, Time Warner Books, 1996) Try Amazon.com.
[author,topic,sports,biography]
- A Man and His Mother: An Adopted Son's Search
by Tim Green.
ISBN: 0060392177 Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0694518867 Try Amazon.com.
[author,topic,biography]
- Gerald R. Ford
by John Robert Greene, compiler.
(Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994).
ISBN: 0313281955 (hardcover) Try Amazon.com.
[author,history,politics,biography]
- Bertha Von Suttner: A Life for Peace
by Brigitte Hamann, Ann Dubsky, translator & Irwin Abrams, introduction.
(Syracuse University Press, 1996).
Part of the series Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution.
ISBN: 0815603878 (hardcover) Try Amazon.com.
[topic,history,biography]
- Pilgrimage and Exile: Mother Marianne of Molokai
by S. Laurence Hanley & O. A. Bushnell.
(University of Hawaii Press, 1995).
Sister Marianne, a 19th century woman who worked with lepers in Hawaii, came from Syracuse
ISBN: 0824813871 (paperback, 424 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[topic,history,biography]
- In Search of Self, in the Service of Others: Reflections of a Retired Physician on Medicine, the Bible & the Jews
by Heinz Hartmann.
(Prometheus Books, 1998).
ISBN: 1573922307 (hardcover, 225 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography]
- Once a Doctor, Always a Doctor: The Memoirs of a German-Jewish Immigrant Physician
by Heinz Hartmann.
ISBN: 0879753420 Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography]
- The French Revelation: The Extraordinary Eyewitness Account of the Psychic Wonder of Rochester, Emily S. French
by N. Riley Heagerty.
The author lives in Oswego.
[author,topic,biography,parapsychology]
- The Boys from Syracuse: The Shuberts' Theatrical Empire
by Foster Hirsch.
(Southern Illinois University, 1998).
About the Shubert brothers who came from Syracuse and made a name in theater in NYC early in the 20th century.
ISBN: 0809321564 (hardcover, 358) Try Amazon.com.
[biography,history,topic]
- [dyingdays]
by Paul Evan Hughes.
(Greatunpublished).
ISBN: 1588982815 (paperback or Ebook, 516 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography]
- Deconstruct
by Paul Evan Hughes.
(Greatunpublished).
ISBN: 1588980219 (paperback or Ebook, 364 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography]
- The Land of Opportunity
by Alma Aquilino Ilacqua.
(Pine Tree Press).
The author is a retired professor of LeMoyne College.
ISBN: 1886166005 (139 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[biography,topic,formerly]
- Inner Lives: Profiles of African American Women in Prison
by Paula C. Johnson.
(New York University Press, 2003).
The author is on the faculty at SU Law School.
ISBN: 0814742548 (hardcover) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0814742556 (paperback, due in January 2004) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography,sociology]
- Lives Passed: Biographical Sketches from Central New York: Articles Previously Published in the Weekly History Column of the Ithaca Journal
by Carol Kammen, compiler.
(Heart of the Lakes Pub, 1984).
ISBN: 0932334695 (paperback, North Country Books) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0932334687 (hardcover) Try Amazon.com.
[topic,biography,history]
- The Best of NPR: Biography and Audiobiography
by Mary Karr.
(Time Warner Audio Books, 1998).
Author is Syracuse University professor.
ISBN: 1570425507 (cassette) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography]
- Cherry: A Memoir
by Mary Karr.
(Viking Press, 2000).
Author is a Syracuse University professor. The book is a sequel to The Liars' Club: A Memoir.
ISBN: 0670892742 (hardcover, 276 pages) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0141002077 (paperback, 288 pages, Plume, 2001) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0375416455 (abridged audio cassette, Random House Audio, 2000) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0375416463 (abridged CD, Bantom Books-Audio, 2000) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0786232307 (large print hardcover, Thorndike Pr, 2001) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography]
- The Liars' Club: A Memoir
by Mary Karr.
(Viking Books, 1995).
Author is Syracuse University professor.
ISBN: 0670850535 (hardcover, 320 pages) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0140179836 (paperback, 320 pages, Penguin, 1996) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0801331447 (paperback, Longman Group USA, 1997) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0140863087 (cassette, Penguin, 1996) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 1568952732 (paperback, large print, Wheeler, 1995) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0613181255 (Econo-Clad, 1999) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography]
- We Made Do: Childhood memories through college
by Lyman King.
(Lyman King, 2001).
238 pages. Syracuse native's reminiscences covering 1920s through 1940s. Available in Onondaga County public libraries.
[topic,author,biography]
- The Star in the Window: Select Stories of World War II Veterans
by Louis C. Langone.
(Hickory Hill Books, 2002).
ISBN: 0972285601 (hardcover, 491 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[formerly,history,biography]
- Behind the Hedgerows
by John Francis Mahoney.
(Elgin Press, 2003).
Account of the author's experiences in Ireland.
ISBN: 0972977805 Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography]
- Boldt Castle: In Search of the Lost Story
by Paul Malo.
(Syracuse University Press, 2001).
ISBN: 0966972902 (paperback, 308 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[author,publisher,architecture,biography,travel]
- Expendable Elite: One Soldier's Journey Into Covert Warfare
by Daniel Marvin.
(Trine Day Press, 2003).
http://www.expendableelite.com/
ISBN: 0972020713 (hardcover, 420 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[author,history,biography]
- A Bowl of Cherries: A Memoir
by Teckla Dennison Miller.
(PublishAmerica, 2002).
ISBN: 1591296900 (paperback, 201 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[formerly,biography]
- The Warden Wore Pink
by Teckla Dennison Miller.
(Biddle Publishing Company, 1996).
ISBN: 187941824X (paperback, 240 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[formerly,biography]
- Queen of the Mist
by Joan Murray.
(Beacon Press, 1999).
Novel in verse about Annie Taylor, the Auburn woman who was the first go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
ISBN: 0807068527 (hardcover, 128 pages) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0807068578 (paperback, 128 pages, 2000) Try Amazon.com.
[topic,biography,history,poetry]
- Irish Pride/American Courage
by William M. O'Hara.
(Ithaca: BUSCA).
[author,topic,biography]
- In the Shadow of a Miracle: Loretto Academy of Our Lady of Light for Girls, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1949-1953
by Nancy Seale Osborne.
(Hale Mary Press, 2001).
ISBN: 0964347784 (paperback, 144 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography]
- Solvay Stories: A 100-Year Diary of Solvay, New York, its Days and its People.
by Judith LaManna Rivette.
144 pages, memories of 75 people. As of November 2003, can be purchased at the Solvay library.
[topic,author,history,biography]
- His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John
by Elizabeth J. Rosenthal.
(Billboard Books, 2001).
Part of the series The author attended Syracuse University..
ISBN: 0823088936 (hardcover, 544 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[music,biography,formerly]
- Why Me, Lord? One Woman's Ordination to the Priesthood With Commentary and Complaint
by Betty Bone Schiess.
(Syracuse University Press, 2002).
The author served at Grace Episcopal Church of Syracuse soon after she was one of the first women ordained into the Episcopal priesthood.
ISBN: 081560744X (hardcover, 176 pages, 2003) Try Amazon.com.
[formerly,topic,publisher,religion,biography]
- A Still Small Voice: Women, Ordination, and the Church
by Fredrick W. Schmidt, Jr. & Betty Bone Schiess.
(Syracuse University Press, 1996).
Part of the series Women and Gender in North American Religions.
Betty Bone Schiess served at Grace Episcopal Church of Syracuse soon after she was one of the first women ordained into the Episcopal priesthood.
ISBN: 0815626835 (hardcover, 194 pages) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 081560372X (paperback, Syracuse University Press, 1996) Try Amazon.com.
[formerly,topic,publisher,religion,biography]
- Lucky
by Alice Sebold.
(Scribner, 1999).
The author attended Syracuse University. The book is of her experience as a rape victim.
ISBN: 0684857820 (hardcover, 240 pages) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0316096199 (paperback, 272 pages, Back Bay Books, 2002) Try Amazon.com.
[biography,formerly]
- Facing Multiple Sclerosis: Our Longest Journey
by Dorothy Shatzky & Joel Shatzky.
(Dry Bones Press, 1999).
Joel Shatzky is a professor of English at SUNY Courtland and a playwright. Dorothy Shatzky, his wife, has multiple sclerosis.
ISBN: 1883938384 (paperback, 362 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography,health]
- Prince of Providence: The True Story fo Buddy Cianci, America's Most Notorious Mayer, Some Wiseguys, and the Feds
by Michael Stanton.
(Random House, 2003).
The author attended Syracuse University.
ISBN: 0375507809 (hardcover, 464 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[formerly,biography,history]
- In Search of Stevie Smith
by Sanford Sternlicht, editor.
(Syracuse University Press, 1991).
The author is a professor of English at Syracuse University.
ISBN: 0815625030 (hardcover) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0815625049 (paperback, 227 pages, Syracuse University Press, 1991) Try Amazon.com.
[publisher,author,biography,literature]
- All Things Herriot: James Herriot and His Peaceable Kingdom
by Sanford Sternlicht.
(Syracuse University Press, 1995).
The author is a professor of English at Syracuse University.
ISBN: 0815603223 (hardcover, 174 pages) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0815606117 (paperback, 198 pages, Syracuse University Press, 1999) Try Amazon.com.
[publisher,author,biography,literature]
- C. S. Forester
by Sanford Sternlicht.
(Twayne Pub, 1981).
Sanford Sternlicht is a professor of English at Syracuse University.
ISBN: 0805768106 Try Amazon.com.
[author,literature,biography]
- C.S. Forester and the Hornblower Saga
by Sanford Sternlicht.
The author is a professor of English at Syracuse University.
ISBN: 0815606214 (paperback, 128 pages, Syracuse University Press, 1999, Revised Edition) Try Amazon.com.
[publisher,author,biography,literature]
- Chaim Potok: A Critical Companion
by Sanford Sternlicht.
(Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000).
Part of the series Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers.
The author is a professor of English at Syracuse University.
ISBN: 0313311811 (hardcover) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography,literature]
- Jean Rhys
by Sanford Sternlicht.
(Twayne Pub, 1997).
Part of the series Twayne's English Authors.
Number 436 in the series. The author is a professor of English at Syracuse University.
ISBN: 0805746072 Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography,literature]
- John Galsworthy
by Sanford Sternlicht.
(Twayne Pub, 1987).
Part of the series Twayne's English Authors.
Number 447 in the series. Sanford Sternlicht is a professor of English at Syracuse University.
ISBN: 0805769471 Try Amazon.com.
[author,literature,biography]
- John Masefield
by Sanford Sternlicht.
(1977).
Sanford Sternlicht is a professor of English at Syracuse University.
ISBN: 0805766782 (hardcover, Twayne Pub, 1997) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography,literature]
- John Webster's Imagery and the Webster Canon
by Sanford Sternlicht.
(1974).
Sanford Sternlicht is a professor of English at Syracuse University.
[author,literature,biography]
- Padraic Column
by Sanford Sternlicht.
(Twayne Pub, 1985).
Part of the series Twayne's English Authors.
Number 410 in the series. Sanford Sternlicht is a professor of English at Syracuse University.
ISBN: 0805769013 Try Amazon.com.
[author,literature,biography]
- R.F. Delderfield
by Sanford Sternlicht.
(Twayne Pub, 1988).
Number 463 in the series. Sanford Sternlicht is a professor of English at Syracuse University.
ISBN: 0805769676 Try Amazon.com.
[author,literature,biography]
- Stephen Spender
by Sanford Sternlicht.
(Twayne Pub, 1992).
Part of the series Twayne's English Authors.
Number 491 in the series. The author is a professor of English at Syracuse University.
ISBN: 0805770097 (hardcover, 180 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography,literature,poetry]
- Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Meara
by Jerry Stiller.
(Simon & Schuster, 2000).
ISBN: 0684869039 (hardcover, 320 pages) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0684869047 (paperback, 336 pages, Touchstone Books, 2001) Try Amazon.com.
[formerly,biography]
- My War: A Love Story in Letters and Drawings from World War II
by Tracy Sugarman.
(Random House, 2000).
Love letters and drawings from when Mr. Sugarman was in the Navy in 1944.
ISBN: 037550513X (hardcover, 224 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[author,history,biography,topic]
- The Variety of Community Experience: Qualitative Studies of Family and Community Life
by Steven J. Taylor, editor, Robert Bogdan, editor & Zana Marie Lutfiyya, editor.
(Paul H Brookes).
Robert Bogdan and Steven J. Taylor are on the faculty at Syracuse University.
ISBN: 155766191X (paperback) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography,sociology]
- Life in the Community: Case Studies of Organizations Supporting People With Disabilities
by Steven J. Taylor, editor, Robert Bogdan, editor & Julie Ann Racino, editor.
(Paul H. Brookes, 1991).
Part of the series The Community Participation Series.
Volume 1 of the series. Robert Bogdan is on the faculty at Syracuse University.
ISBN: 1557660727 (paperback, 280 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[author,biography,sociology]
- On Broken Glass: Loving and losing John Gardner
by Susan Thornton.
(Caroll & Graf, 2000).
The author taught English at Lemoyne College for eight years and has been a columnist fo rthe Syracuse Herald American.
ISBN: 0786707747 (hardcover, 320 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[biography,author]
- At the Fountain of Youth: Memories of a College President
by William Pearson Tolley.
(Syracuse Univ Pr, 1989).
ISBN: 0815681143 (hardcover) Try Amazon.com.
[topic,history,biography]
- A Message from God in the Atomic Age: A Memoir
by Irene Vilar & Gregory Rabassa, translator.
(Pantheon Books, 1996).
The author attended Syracuse University and remained or returned.
ISBN: 0679422811 (hardcover) Try Amazon.com; ISBN: 0679745467 (paperback, 336 pages, Vintage Books, 1998, retitled The Ladies' Gallery: A Memoir of Family Secrets) Try Amazon.com.
[biography,author]
- Dear Home: The 1901 and 1902 Diary of Mabel Lila Wait
by Mabel Lila Wait.
(Syracuse University Press, 1997).
Diary of a woman in Canton, NY.
ISBN: 0963402838 (paperback, 162 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[author,topic,biography,history]
- Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood
by Koren Zailckas.
(Viking, 2005).
The author attended Syracuse University.
ISBN: 0670033766 (hardcover, 368 pages) Try Amazon.com.
[formerly,biography]