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Biography Resources

This guide features resources for locating current and historical biographical information.

New Jersey Biographies

African American Women Writers in New Jersey, 1836-2000

Main Collection (Third Floor)

At the Center of the Storm: Reflections of a State College President

Main Collection (Third Floor)
(Nathan Weiss -- President, Kean College)

Black Dog of Fate

Electronic Resource
(Peter Balakian -- Poet)

Christie Whitman for the People: A Political Biography

Main Collection (Second Floor)

Christine Todd Whitman: The Making of a National Political Player

Main Collection (Second Floor)

Confession

Main Collection (Second Floor)
(James E. McGreevey -- Governor)

George Hamell Cook: A Life in Agriculture and Geology

Main Collection (Third Floor)

Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge

Main Collection (Second Floor)

Good Chemistry: The Life and Legacy of Valium Inventor Leo Sternbach

Main Collection (Third Floor)

John Hart: The Biography of a Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Main Collection (Second Floor)

Life and Times of Richard J. Hughes

Main Collection (Second Floor)

Living and Dying in Brick City: An E.R. Doctor Returns Home

Main Collection (Third Floor)
(Sampson Davis -- N.J. Physician)

Me, Governor?: My Life in the Rough-and-Tumble World of New Jersey Politics

Main Collection (Second Floor)
(Richard J. Codey)

New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America

Main Collection (Second Floor)

New Jersey Goes to War: Biographies of 150 New Jerseyans

Main Collection (Second Floor)

Out of the Shadow: The Story of Charles Edison: A Biography

Main Collection (Second Floor)

William Franklin, New Jersey's Last Royal Governor

Main Collection (Second Floor)

William Livingston, New Jersey's First Governor

Main Collection (Second Floor)

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