Publisher's Synopsis
Seven of the most honored biographers of our time-Pulizer Prize winners Justin Kaplan and Barbara Tuchman, National Book Award recipient Theodore Rosengarten, and esteemed literary critics Leon Edel, Dorris Kearns, Geoffrey Wolff, and Alfred Kazin-examine the joys, limitations, and challenges of defining a life. For the very first time, biographers interpret the art of biography.