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How, exactly, do biographers do what they do?

This book records the lectures of six eminent biographers given in the winter of 1985 at the New York Public Library, wherein they discuss their fascination with their subjects, offer insights into their lives, and elucidate a bit of the process that goes into the production of biographical works.

The opening essay, David McCullough talking about his research into Harry Truman, is probably a contender for the best piece in the book.

A simple, rapid chemical coating and patterning method was developed and optimized for paper-based substrates for use in paper spray mass spectrometry (PS-MS).

The term is used to mean both the cognitive work that is done to meet task demands and the subjective experience of performing that work.

A progress-driven individual who is enthusiastic about scientific research & development.

“There are only two seasons - winter and baseball” -Bill Veek.

The Barcelona Music Reward Questionnaire (BMRQ) is an effective tool in the assessment of sensitivity to music reward.

McCullough makes the observation that "Harry Truman lived seventy years of his life in Jackson County, Missouri. ... So it stands to reason that if you want to understand Harry Truman, you'd better know a good deal about Jackson County, Missouri, and you'd better know a good deal about the people there who mattered to him, but just when he was growing up, but during his whole life" (28).

A biographer or historian, McCullough says,