How to Read Biographies

Duration: 22

Year Published: 1965

Creator: Coronet Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Presents a study of biography by sampling twelve biographies of outstanding people from Xerxes to Babe Ruth, written over a period of 2,500 years. Points out how an understanding of the lives and achievements of outstanding people can lead to a wider knowledge of human experience and a deeper understanding of the motivations of the viewer's own life. Indicates some criteria for judging biographies., Biography as a literary form. How to evaluate a biography. Values from reading biography. Includes examples from the writings of Xerxes, Thoreau, George Washington, Lindbergh, Helen Keller and Babe Ruth.

Complete Record: Presents a study of biography by sampling twelve biographies of outstanding people from Xerxes to Babe Ruth, written over a period of 2,500 years. Points out how an understanding of the lives and achievements of outstanding people can lead to a wider knowledge of human experience and a deeper understanding of the motivations of the viewer's own life. Indicates some criteria for judging biographies., Biography as a literary form. How to evaluate a biography. Values from reading biography. Includes examples from the writings of Xerxes, Thoreau, George Washington, Lindbergh, Helen Keller and Babe Ruth., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.