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Overview
Told more as stories than history lessons, the biographies in American National Biography, Supplement 2 recount the tales of all the different people who shaped America—leaders, composers, entertainers, entrepreneurs, writers, scientists, and outlaws. Each one written by an expert in the field and masterfully woven together to present the most accurate and up-to-date information, the entries bring forth a powerful narrative of America's past and some of the most important figures that went into its formation.
As the second in a series, iSupplement 2r includes a fascinating miscellany of 450 lives, ranging from 19th-century eccentric Joshua Abraham Norton who died in 1880, to President Reagan and Rodney Dangerfield, who died in 2004. Supplement 2 includes hundreds of figures of note from the past not included in the original edition of the ANB or Supplement 1.
New biographies not in the original set as well as articles first published in the ANB Online are included in the Supplement. The result is hour after absorbing hour spent exploring the literary worlds of Ken Kesey and Eudora Welty, the music of Tito Puente and Perry Como, numerous statesmen and politicians and many, many others.
With over 500 new listings, bibliographies after each entry, and a cumulative revised index of occupations and realms of renown, Supplement 2 continues the ANB tradition of bringing the people who have meant so much to this country to the forefront.
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Synopsis
Originally published in 1999, the 24-volume American National Biography provides broad coverage of notable figures in American history from the earliest recorded contact of Europeans in North America to the near present. This second supplement to the ANE contains figures from the past who were omitted from the initial set as well as recently deceased persons. The entries are followed by an updated cumulative occupational index which groups specific occupational categories (i.e., state legislators or nurses) under general headings such as "Government and Politics" and "Health and Medicine." Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR