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The warmhearted biography of a wonderful man (real) and a wonderful boy (almost-as-real), who proved that being a loser could be the biggest success story of all. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Peanuts.
How did Charlie Brown, loner, loser, the world's most inept baseball manager and master of a daredevil World War I flying-ace dog, become the most universally beloved hero of our time? It all began when a kid named Charles Monroe Schulz skipped two elementary grades and was suddenly the youngest, smallest boy in his class. Charlie was always the last to be chosen when teams were siding up, and he ate his peanut-butter sandwiches all alone at lunch time. He was seldom invited to birthday parties. Cartoons and captions tell Charlie's whole sad, sincere story from kindergarten to Peanuts, the comic strip that records the frustrations and pains and hard-won triumphs of childhood for all time. Cartoons also trace the evolution of Peanuts characters: the shockingly introspective Snoopy, Schroeder's obsession with Beethoven, Linus and his security blanket, the advent of the Great Pumpkin, the appearance of Baron von Richthofen, Lucy and how she grew. You'll read the story of the Peanuts specials, their shaky launching among skeptical prime-time hucksters and their resounding success with TV viewers. There is also an illustrated history of the funnies from 1890, and an exploration of Peanuts' thunderous impact on our present-day culture.
This engaging book, the only biography of both Charlies extant, is naturally filled with illustrations —75 drawings and 95 pages of photographs. No true addict will be able to sleep nights till he/she has it in his hands.
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Charlie Brown & Charlie Schulz: In Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Peanuts
1970, World Publishing
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Charlie Brown and Charlie Schulz: In Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Peanuts
June 1970, Random House
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