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The Obits : Annual 2012 by William McDonald (2011, Trade Paperback)

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The obits. It's the first section many of us turn to when we open the paper, not to see who died, but rather to find out about who lived to discover the interesting lives of people who've made a mark. A new annual that collects nearly 300 of the best of The New York Times obituaries from the previous year, The Obits Annual 2012 is a compelling, addictive-as-salted-peanuts "who's who" of some of the most fascinating people of the twentieth century. Written by top journalists each entry is a jewel, a miniature, nuanced biography filled with the facts we love to read, with the surprise and serendipity of life. There's David L. Wolper, the producer of Roots --and the story of how he got his start purchasing film footage from Sputnik. The jazz singer, Abbey Lincoln, and her change from glamorous performer--she owned a dress of Marilyn Monroe's--to civil rights activist (she burned the Monroe dress). Owsley Stanley, the quirky perfecter of LSD, who blamed a heart attack on the fact that his mother made him eat broccoli as a child. Patricia Neal--known by most as a movie star, but her real life, filled with tragedy, adversity, and incredible professional ups and downs, is almost a surreal play of triumph and tragedy. Arranged chronologically, like the obits themselves, it's a deliciously random walk through the recent past, meeting the philosophers, newsmen, spies, publishers, moguls, soul singers, baseball managers, Nobel Prize winners, models, and others who've shaped the world.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0761165762
ISBN-13
9780761165767
eBay Product ID (ePID)
103177967

Product Key Features

Author
William McDonald
Publication Name
Obits : Annual 2012
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
608 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
29 Oz

Additional Product Features

Topic
Publishing, Journalism, General
Intended Audience
Trade
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Language Arts & Disciplines

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