The Biographer's Craft
- ISBN-10
- 0060913878
- ISBN-13
- 9780060913878
- Category
- Biography as a literary form
- Pages
- 194
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Author
- Milton Lomask
Description
Tells how to select a subject, handle research and develop a style, describes different approaches to biography, and shows how to submit a manuscript
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