Since her death in 1987, Jacqueline du Pre's brother and sister have long felt that her life story has never been properly told. This is an often painful accoun
From the author of The Last Beach Bungalow: a portrait of a family-in all its heartbreaking complexity. Though she lives in the shadow of her legendary landscap
This book contains Hiram Percy Maxim's memories of growing up with his brilliant but eccentric father, Hiram Stephens Maxim, scientist, engineer and inventor of
Jacqueline du Pre's life story, told by her brother and sister, is an often painful but always moving account of the results of having a prodigy in the family,
Since its original publication in 1987, Like a Family has become a classic in the study of American labor history. Basing their research on a series of extraord