City of Auburn | Library

These biographies are a sampling of the books available on people who are from Alabama or spent a significant amount of time in the state.

SUBJECT	TITLE	CALL NUMBER
Aaron, Henry	I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story	B AAR
Bankhead, Tallulah	Miss Tallulah Bankhead	B BAN
Bankhead, Tallulah	Tallulah!: The Life and Times of a Leading Lady	B BAN
Barkley, Charles	I May Be Wrong, But I Doubt It	B BAR
Barkley, Charles	Sir Charles: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Barkley	B BAR
Black, Hugo	Mr. Justice & Mrs. Black: the Memoirs of Hugo L Black and Elizabeth Black	B BLA
Black, Hugo	Hugo Black: The Alabama Years	B BLA
Black, Hugo	Hugo Black: A Biography	B BLA
Black, Hugo	Hugo Black of Alabama: How His Roots and Early Career Shaped the Great Champion of the Constitution	B BLA
Bolton, Clyde	Stop the Presses (So I Can Get Off): Tales from Forty Years of Sportswriting	B BOL
Bragg, Rick	All Over But the Shoutin'	B BRA
Brasher, Nell	Daddy Poured the Coffee	B BRA
Bryant, Bear	The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant	B BRY
Bryant, Bear	Coach: The Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant	B BRY
Buffett, Jimmy	A Pirate Looks at Fifty	B BUF
Buford, James	The Best of Times: More Clues to the Meaning of Life	B BUF
Bundrum, Charlie	Ava's Man	B BUN
Cadenhead, James	James Cadenhead, RSA: Keeping His Memory Green	B CAD
Capote, Truman	Too Brief A Treat: The Letters of Truman Capote	B CAP
Capote, Truman	Capote: A Biography	B CAP
Capote, Truman	Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball	B CAP
Capote, Truman	A Bridge of Childhood: Truman Capote's Southern Years	B CAP
Capote, Truman	Truman Capote's Southern Years: Stories from a Monroeville Cousin	B CAP
Capote, Truman	Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career	B CAP
Capote, Truman	Truman Capote: The Story of His Bizarre and Exotic Boyhood by an Aunt Who Helped Raise Him	B CAP
Chestnut, J.L., Jr.	Black in Selma	B CHE
Clay-Clopton, Virginia	A Belle of the Fifties: Memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, Covering Social and Political Life in Washington and the South, 1853-66	B CLA
Cole, Nat King	Nat King Cole	B COL
Cole, Nat King	Nat King Cole	B COL
Dees, Morris	A Season for Justice: The Life and Times of Civil Rights Lawyer Morris Dees	B DEE
Durr, Virginia Foster	Outside the Magic Circle: the Autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr	B DUR
Elliott, Carl	The Cost of Courage: The Journey of an American Congressman	B ELL
Ellis, Mattie	A Widow's Might	B ELL
Fitzgerald, Zelda	Zelda Fitzgerald: Her Voice in Paradise	B FIT
Fitzgerald, Zelda	Exiles from Paradise: Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald	B FIT
Fitzgerald, Zelda	Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald: An American Woman's Life	B FIT
Gorgas, William	Physician to the World: the Life of General William C. Gorgas	B GOR
Gray, Fred	Bus Ride to Justice	B GRA
Harrison, A. Cleveland	Unsung Valor: A GI's Story of World War II	B HAR
Hemphill, Paul	The Good Old Boys	B HEM
Hickam, Homer H.	The Coalwood Way	B HIC
Hickam, Homer H.	Rocket Boys: A Memoir	B HIC
Hickam, Homer H.	Sky of Stone	B HIC
Hill, Lister	Lister Hill: Statesman from the South	B HIL
Inman, Robert	Coming Home: Life, Love, and All Things Southern	B INM
Jackson, Bo	Bo Knows Bo: The Autobiography of a Ballplayer	B JAC
Johnson, Frank	Taming the Storm: The Life and Times of Judge Frank M. Johnson and the South's Fight Over Civil Rights	B JOH
Johnson, Frank	Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr.: A Biography	B JOH
Johnson, Frank	Judge Frank Johnson and Human Rights in Alabama	B JOH
Keller, Helen	The Story of My Life	B KEL
Keller, Helen	Helen Keller: A Life	B KEL
Logan, Onnie Lee	Motherwit: An Alabama Midwife's Story	B LOG
Mayberry, B.D.	Where Will We Be When We Get Where We're Going?: Thursdays with Mayberry	B MAY
Mays, Willie Howard	Say Hey: the Autobiography of Willie Mays	B MAY
McCormack, John	Hero of the Herd: More Tales from a Country Veterinarian	B MCC
McCormack, John	Fields and Pastures New: My First Year as a Country Vet	B MCC
McCormack, John	A Friend of the Flock: Tales of a Country Veterinarian	B MCC
McDowell, Deborah	Leaving Pipe Shop: Memories of Kin	B MCD
McPhillips, Julian	The People's Lawyer: The Colorful Life and Times of Julian L. McPhillips, Jr.	B MCP
Owens, Jesse	Blackthink: My Life as a Black Man and White Man	B OWE
Owens, Jesse	The Jesse Owens Story	B OWE
Parks, Rosa	Rosa Parks	B PAR
Paterson, Judith Hillman	Sweet Mystery: A Book of Remembering	B PAT
Percy, Walker	Walker Percy: A Life	B PER
Percy, Walker	Pilgrim in the Ruins: A Life of Walker Percy	B PER
Rainer, J. Kenyon	First Do No Harm: Reflections on Becoming a Neurosurgeon	B RAI
Rains, T. Euclid	I'm Not Afraid of the Dark: Autobiography of a Man Who Wouldn't See Defeat	B RAI
Rice, Condoleezza	Condi: The Condoleezza Rice Story	B RIC
Rogers, Jim	Investment Biker: On the Road with Jim Rogers	B ROG
Ruff, Willie	A Call to Assembly: The Autobiography of a Musical Storyteller	B RUF
Shaw, Nate	All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw	B SHA
Sikora, Frank	Let Us Now Praise Famous Women: A Memoir	B SIK
Stewart, Lois	Tales of a Country Girl: Growing Up on a Two Mule Farm	B STE
Stewart, Shelley	The Road South: A Memoir	B STE
Tutwiler, Julia	Julia S. Tutwiler and Social Progress in Alabama	B TUT
Von Braun, Wernher	Wernher Von Braun: The Man Who Sold the Moon	B VON
Von Braun, Wernher	Dr. Space: The Life of Wernher Von Braun	B VON
Wallace, Cornelia	C'nelia	B WAL
Wallace, George	Stand Up for America	B WAL
Wallace, George	The Wallaces of Alabama: My Family	B WAL
Wallace, George	Wallace: A Portrait of Power	B WAL
Wallace, George	George Wallace: American Populist	B WAL
Walter, Eugene	Milking the Moon: A Southerner's Story of Life on This Planet	B WAL
Ward, Sela	Homesick: A Memoir	B WAR
Warren, Lella	Family Fiction: Unpublished Narratives	B WAR
Washington, Booker T.	Up From Slavery	B WAS
Washington, Booker T.	Booker T. Washington: The Making of a Black Leader, 1856-1901	B WAS
Washington, Booker T.	Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915	B WAS
Wheeler, Joe	"Fightin' Joe" Wheeler	B WHE
Whitestone-McCallum, Heather	Listening with My Heart	B WHI
Whitten, Paul	To Beulah and Back: The Right Place at the Right Time	B WHI
Williams, Hank	Hank Williams: Country Music's Tragic King	B WIL
Williams, Hank	Hank Williams: Snapshots from the Lost Highway	B WIL
Williams, Hank	Lovesick Blues: The Life of Hank Williams	B WIL
Wilson, Edward O.	The Naturalist	B WIL
Windham, Kathryn Tucker	Odd Egg Editor	B WIN
Young, Rosa	Light in the Dark Belt: The Story of Rosa Young	B YOU