The Biographer's Craft/Practical Advice on Gathering, Writing, Shaping and Polishing Biographical Material

Tells how to select a subject, handle research and develop a style, describes different approaches to biography, and shows how to submit a manuscript

Drawing on his experience as the biographer of several American figures, Lomask offers a practical manual for the beginning biographer and autobiographer. He outlines the scholarly apparatus neededquotes, notes, bibliographyand sketches the nature of the medium, selecting a subject, methods of finding and using sources, questions of style and tone. Lomask illustrates his points with examples from a variety of biographies and autobiographies, and concludes with advice on securing a publisher. This clear and simple book should be helpful both to the apprentice in and the student of the art. Milton Meltzer, New York
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.