Recommended Reading: Art of Biography

PEN America recommends these non-fiction books as great reading. The following are available at the Upper Moreland Free Library.

• Lawrence in Arabia by Scott Anderson
  

Chronicle of the Arab Revolt during WWI. It explores the roles of a small group of adventurers and low-level officers who orchestrated a secret effort to control the Middle East.

• A Life of Barbara Stanwyck by Victoria Wilson

This is the story of a great screen actress whose career in pictures spanned four decades beginning with the coming of sound.

• Wilson by Andrew Scott

A biography of the 28th president of the United States, including details from recently-discovered papers that highlight Wilson's acts through the first World War.