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[David Michaelis] ☆ Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography ☆ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography Now, acclaimed biographer David Michaelis gives us the first full-length biography of the brilliant, unseen man behind Peanuts: at once a creation story, a portrait of a native genius, and a chronicle contrasting the private man with the central role he played in shaping the national imagination. Schulz and Peanuts is the definitive epic biography of an American icon and the unforgettable characters he created.. Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all t
| Title | : | Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.87 (942 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060937998 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 704 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-07 |
| Language | : | English |
Significant Seven, October 2007: There's no book this year that made people's eyes light up when I told them about it more than Schulz and Peanuts, David Michaelis's new biography of cartoonist Charles Schulz. (And when they saw the obvious-but-brilliant Chip Kidd-designed cover, their eyes got even brighter.) Everyone, it seems, feels a personal connection to Peanuts (a name, by the way, that Schulz always hated), but few have a sense of the artist whose small troupe of big-headed characters still lives at the center of our imagination. But even as he ingeniously find
Great biography and a worthy model for other biographers! Bruce England I just finished the Schulz book (and was very sad to reach the last page). A true work of art. Very well researched and a compelling read. You will truly feel that you have experienced Schulz as a person.. klavierspiel said A staggeringly detailed biography of America's most beloved cartoonist. Charles Schulz's Peanuts is the most famous comic strip ever penned. Here in this biography David Michaelis meticulously builds a portrait of the man behind the drawings. Born to a German immigrant family in St. Paul, Minnesota, Charles Schulz, dubbed "Sparky" from birth, grew up a shy, gawky kid, never sure of having his strong-willed mother's love, admiring pretty female schoolmates from afar. From an early age, though, he knew what he wanted to do with his life, and his ambition stayed undimmed through Army service and art school, until at last his comic strip "L'il Folk" was picked up by, if not "a big E. Robert Whitaker Sirignano said well written and researched, but. If all the complaints of this book were properly addressed and stitched into the book, it would be pretty hefty. I always assumed Schulz had a dark side, and the peppy happy facade in the previous biography was fine for many (that book would be GOOD GRIEF by Rheta Johnson)he was not a simplistic man and though he wishes he was, he was bound up with slights that he never forgot to the point of silliness. Someone looked at him funny in the third grade, and he never forgot it.I liked the book, darkness and shadows aside, and it could have been a bit longer, better and textured.What bothers me about this book is
Now, acclaimed biographer David Michaelis gives us the first full-length biography of the brilliant, unseen man behind Peanuts: at once a creation story, a portrait of a native genius, and a chronicle contrasting the private man with the central role he played in shaping the national imagination. Schulz and Peanuts is the definitive epic biography of an American icon and the unforgettable characters he created.. Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the least understood figures in American culture. Charles M
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