Books that made the difference project, 1980-1986.

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Books that made the difference project, 1980-1986.

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The books that made the difference project was conducted by Gordon A. and Patricia Sabine, who interviewed people across the country --celebrities as well as ordinary Americans -- asking them what book made the greatest difference in their lives, and what was that difference. Responses were compiled for a book, Books that made the difference : what people told us. (Shoe String Press, 1983). Based on a concept by Ann Heidbreder Eastman and coordinated by the Library of Congress Center for the Book. Collection contains subject files, clippings, correspondence of Eastman and the Sabines, manuscript drafts, and tape-recorded interviews. Noteworthy people consulted about their most meaningful books include Alan Alda, Daniel Boorstin, Walter Matthau, Andy Rooney, Studs Terkel, and Barbara Tuchman.

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Alda, Alan, 1936-

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Alan Alda ( born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor, author, comedian, screenwriter, podcast host and director. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner and a three-time Tony Award nominee, he is best known for playing Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the CBS wartime sitcom M*A*S*H (1972–1983). He also wrote and directed numerous episodes of the series. After starring in the films Same Time, Next Year (1978), California Suite (1978), and ...

Tuchman, Barbara W. (Barbara Wertheim), 1912-1989

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Historian and writer Tuchman (1912- ) received an A.B. from Radcliffe College (1933), and worked as a journalist and editor. She is the author of many prize-winning works, including The Guns of August (1962) and Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971). From the description of Letter, 1963. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007438 New York-born American journalist and historian; Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Guns of August, 1962. Fro...

Sabine, Gordon A.

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Boorstin, Daniel J., 1956

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Librarian of Congress, author, educator, and historian. From the description of Daniel J. Boorstin papers, 1882-1995 (bulk 1944-1994). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070411 Biographical Note 1914, Oct. 1 Born, Atlanta, Ga. 1934 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ...

Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008

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Studs Terkel was born May 16, 1912, and died in Chicago on Oct. 31, 2008. Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose searching interviews with ordinary Americans helped establish oral history as a serious genre. From the description of It's a living, [videorecording], 1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612307109 and the description of Studs Terkel papers and book interviews, ca. 1950-1999. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713907330 ...

Library of Congress. Center for the Book.

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Eastman, Ann Heidbreder

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Matthau, Walter

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Walter John Matthau was born on October 1, 1920 to Milton and Rose Matthau in New York City. He was an American actor who starred in many films and is probably best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon. He won an Academy Award for his performance in the Billy Wilder film The Fortune Cookie . Matthau died on July 1, 2000. From the guide to the Walter Matthau "Hello to Montanans" videorecording, 1998, (Un...

Sabine, Patricia

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Rooney, Andrew A.

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Andy Rooney (1919-) has been a writer-producer at CBS Television since 1959 and a syndicated newspaper columnist since 1979. From the description of Andy Rooney papers, 1957-1994 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 64202511 ...