Oprah Winfrey: A Biography, Second Edition

240 Pages·2011·1.11 MB·English

by  Helen S. Garson

OPRAH WINFREY
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OPRAH WINFREY
A Biography
Second Edition
Helen S. Garson
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Copyright 2011 by Helen S. Garson
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Garson, Helen S.
Oprah Winfrey : a biography / Helen S. Garson. — 2nd ed.
p. cm. — (Greenwood biographies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-313-35832-6 (hard copy : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-313-35833-3
(ebook) 1. Winfrey, Oprah. 2. Television personalities—United States—
Biography. 3. Actors—United States—Biography. I. Title.
PN1992.4.W56G37 2011
791.4502'8092—dc22
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CONTENTS
Series Foreword ix
Introduction xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Timeline: Events in the Life of Oprah Winfrey xix
Chapter 1 This Powerful Celebrity 1
Chapter 2 A Once Colored Girl 25
Chapter 3 Media Mogul 83
Chapter 4 America Reads 117
Chapter 5 Schools 143
Chapter 6 Living Life the Oprah Way 161
Chapter 7 Oprah’s Yellow Brick Road 191
Bibliography 195
Index 199
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