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Who Was Who in America preserves the lifetime accomplishments of many world history-makers. Extending a tradition of excellence in recording and publishing data, Who Was Who in America has proved its uniqueness and usefulness in countless research applications. Each biographical entry provides personal data unavailable in any other source: family relationships, political affiliations, key positions held, awards, published writings, and other basic facts and vital statistics.
Now published annually, each new volume of Who Was Who in America includes the biographies of the most prominent and noteworthy people who have died since the publication of the previous edition.
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Biographies included in Volume XVIII will join the over 150,000 listees in previous Who Was Who volumes to form a compendium that mirrors American history. The Index (1607-2006) identifies the volume in which each of the over 154,300 biographies appears.
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Among the biographees whose final sketches will be included in Volume XVIII of Who Was Who in America are: Tony Award-winner Robert Goulet; acclaimed journalist Norman Mailer; Hollywood actress Deborah Kerr; political satirist Art Buchwald; prolific author Sidney Sheldon; Pulitzer Prize winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger; vinter Ernest Gallo; chemist credited with the development of the MRI Paul Lauterbur; legendary novelist Kurt Vonnegut; famous crooner Don Ho; celebrated journalist and author David Halberstam; former Russian president Boris Yeltsin; televangelist and co-founder of the Moral Majority Jerry Falwell; longtime NASCAR chief Bill France Jr.; former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim; fashion icon Liz Claiborne; TV personality Anna Nicole Smith. Who Was Who in America is published in 19 convenient, chronological volumes plus an index, which may be purchased separately or together.
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Available as a set or as individual titles:
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Historical Volume (1607-1896) 
1996
0-8379-0236-3
$90.00
WSHIST
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Volume I (1897-1942)
1966
0-8379-0237-1
$90.00
WS01
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Volume II (1943-1950)
1966
0-8379-0241-X
$90.00
WS02
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Volume III (1951-1960)
1966
0-8379-0238-X
$90.00
WS03
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Volume IV (1961-1968)
1969
0-8379-0204-5
$90.00
WS04
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Volume V (1969-1973)
1973
0-8379-0240-1
$90.00
WS05
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Volume VI (1974-1976)
1976
0-8379-0207-X
$90.00
WS06
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Volume VII (1977-1981)
1981
0-8379-0210-X
$90.00
WS07
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Volume VIII (1982-1985)
1985
0-8379-0214-2
$90.00
WS08
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Volume IX (1985-1989)
1989
0-8379-0217-7
$90.00
WS09
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Volume X (1989-1993)
1993
0-8379-0220-7
$90.00
WS10
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Volume XI (1993-1996)
1996
0-8379-0225-8
$90.00
WS11
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Volume XII (1996-1998)
1998
0-8379-0229-0
$90.00
WS12
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Volume XIII (1998-2000)
2000
0-8379-0233-9
$90.00
WS13
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Volume XIV (2000-2002)
2002
0-8379-0245-2
$95.00
WS14
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Volume XV (2002-2004)
2004
0-8379-0247-9
$95.00
WS15
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Volume XVI (2004-2005)
2005
0-8379-0251-7
$95.00
WS16
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Volume XVII (2005-2006)
2006
0-8379-0255-X
$98.00
WS17
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Volume XVIII (2006-2007)
2007
978-0-8379-0266-1
$99.00
WS18
First-Time Standing Order Price: $89.10
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Volume XVIII (2006-2007) & Index
2007
978-0-8379-0268-5
$159.00
WS18INXSET
First-Time Standing Order Price: $143.10
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Complete 20-volume set
978-0-8379-0269-2
$995.00
WS18SET
First-Time Standing Order Price: $895.50
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