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autobiography

[aw-tuh-bahy-og-ruh-fee, -bee-, aw-toh-] / ˌɔ tə baɪˈɒg rə fi, -bi-, ˌɔ toʊ- /


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He co-authored an autobiography, released in 2004, titled “Fred Claire: My 30 Years in Dodger Blue.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

I would photograph each object and write down the story behind it, like a mini autobiography: why I kept it, what it says about who I was at the time.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

The Sun says Sarah Ferguson has received offers of up to seven figures for an autobiography, and is just "days away" from a book deal.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Elsewhere, Mr. Tommasini quotes the same remark from Anderson’s autobiography in two different chapters, a lapse better editing should have caught.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

In his autobiography, Charles told his children that their mother was his greatest blessing.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

The book’s leading actors have been subjects of biographies and autobiographies, and most events have been exhaustively covered in scholarly and popular histories and articles as well as media reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

“The projections mirror and amplify that as part of the visual vocabulary, whether that’s Douglass’ newspaper articles or autobiographies, or the text of the Emancipation Proclamation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025

Chapter 9 is about Frederick Douglass and identity-aware liberalism, as expressed through his autobiographies.

From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2024

Eruption, which had original working titles of The Black Zone and Vulcan, is Patterson's first attempt at posthumous publishing - but he is familiar with high-profile collaborations, having written Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton's autobiographies.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2024

Considered by many to be one of the best military autobiographies in history, Grant’s life story was a bestseller.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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