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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.
Biographies included in Volume XX will join the over 150,000 listees in previous Who Was Who volumes to form a compendium that mirrors American history. The Index (1607-2009) identifies the volume in which each of the over 155,000 biographies appears.
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Among the biographees included in Volume XX of Who Was Who in America are: the "King of Pop" Michael Jackson, iconic director John Hughes, actress Farrah Fawcett, the "most trusted man in America" Walter Cronkite, memoirist Frank McCourt, renowned historian John Hope Franklin, "Golden Girl" Bea Arthur, NFL MVP-winning quarterback Steve McNair, celebrated novelist John Updike, former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, Ricardo Montalban of TV’s "Fantasy Island", WV Supreme Court Justice Joseph Albright, Academy Award-winning composer Maurice Jarre, activist Marilyn French, 1996 Vice Presidential candidate Jack Kemp, and creator of the artificial kidney and heart Willem Kolff. Who Was Who in America is published in 21 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
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Volume XIX (2007-2008)
2008
978-0-8379-0270-8
$99.00
WS19
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Volume XX (2008-2009)
2009
978-0-8379-0275-3
$99.00
WS20
First-Time Standing Order Price: $89.10
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Volume XX (2008-2009) & Index
2009
978-0-8379-0277-7
$159.00
WS20INXSET
First-Time Standing Order Price: $143.10
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Complete 22-volume set
978-0-8379-0278-4
$995.00
WS20SET
First-Time Standing Order Price: $895.50
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