by his desire to maintain Microsoft’s dominance in the computer
industry than by an interest in furthering technology.
In these books, young readers will encounter inspiring sto-
ries about real people who achieved success despite enormous
obstacles. Oprah Winfrey—the most powerful, most watched,
and wealthiest woman on television today—spent the first six
years of her life in the care of her grandparents while her unwed
mother sought work and a better life elsewhere. Her adolescence
was colored by promiscuity, pregnancy at age fourteen, rape, and
sexual abuse.
Each author documents and supports his or her work with an
array of primary and secondary source quotations taken from
diaries, letters, speeches, and interviews. All quotes are footnoted
to show readers exactly how and where biographers derive their
information and provide guidance for further research. The quo-
tations enliven the text by giving readers eyewitness views of the
life and accomplishments of each person covered in the People
in the News series.
In addition, each book in the series includes photographs,
annotated bibliographies, timelines, and comprehensive indexes.
For both the casual reader and the student researcher, the People
in the News series offers insight into the lives of today’s news-
makers—people who shape the way we live, work, and play in
the modern age.
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