This paperback reprint of the 2007 second edition (a few reviews above) lists 12 significant people born on each day of the year (including February 29), and includes a quotation from each person that allows a glimpse of their personality. For each date, a diverse dozen speakers were chosen, based on: prominence; quality of the quotation; uniqueness of the speaker (gender, time period, nationality, vocation); and conflicting social, political, religious or philosophical background. In addition to those quoted, each entry lists other significant individuals born on that day.

Robert A. Nowlan is a scholar, researcher, teacher, writer, storyteller and lecturer, and the author of two dozen books and numerous articles. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut, and Marco Island, Florida.

Robert A. Nowlan
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 519
Bibliographic Info: index
Copyright Date: 2012 [2007]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-6435-7
Imprint: McFarland

Acknowledgments     vi
Preface     1
Birthdays     3
Index of People     463

• “an eclectic range selected from different time periods and widely disparate types of fame…much more comprehensive [then the competition]…a fine ready-reference volume offering unique information. Recommended”—Booklist
• “will warm even the most jaded reader’s (and librarian’s) heart…well organized, lists hundreds of accurate and obscure references, has broad appeal, and combines the best qualities of a reference book a with a coffee-table book. Highly recommended. All levels”—Choice
• “libraries…cannot have enough such books”—Rettig on Reference
• “The quotations … reflect and encompass the contradictions, complexities, wisdom, humor, pleasure, and prejudices of human life”—American Reference Books Annual