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I thought the movie Catch Me if you Can was awesome. Its based on a true story. You should read that.

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Yeah the book is pretty good. Also I'll join the crowd in recommending the Lance Armstrong books, in fact I had a thread about them before.

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Cash by Johnny Cash is definatly a good one.

Citizen Hughes, while not a true autobiography but more of a collection of his stolen papers, is very good.

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Who is citizien Hughes, and who is Gordon Libby?

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Mark Twain's is wonderful.

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that does sound good thanks, one of the best books seems to be The Education Of Henry Adams, anyone read that?

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I tend not to be fans of autobiographies, they are almost always self-serving, but Isaac Asimov's two-volume autobio - "In Memory Yet Green" and "In Joy Still Felt" are about as good an autobiography as you'll ever read.

If I ever get ambitious, I'll read Ulysses Grant's autobio, which is supposed to be by far the best of the presidential ones.

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H.L. Mencken wrote a series of 'Days' volumes that are autobiographical (Happy Days, Newspaper Days, Heathen Days). The works were then collected into one volume and published simply as 'The Days of H.L. Mencken'. This book is superb. Almost on par with Mark Twain's autobiography which everyone should read, because it is so wonderful as Andy Fox states.

-Zeno

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I second the Malcolm X autobiography, but if you are looking for it remember that it is written by Alex Haley.

A book I would recommend to you Bruiser is Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey. It is not an autobiography, but it is autobiographical.

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I second the Malcolm X autobiography, but if you are looking for it remember that it is written by Alex Haley.

A book I would recommend to you Bruiser is Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey. It is not an autobiography, but it is autobiographical.

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Just commenting that 4 people have picked Malcolm X so far (including myself). And you are right about him not writing it. On the book it says, "As told to Alex Haley". I guess that would put it between an autobiography and a biography.

craig