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Harper
October 2007
On Sale: October 1, 2007
672 pages
ISBN: 0066213932
EAN: 9780066213934
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Non-Fiction Biography
Charles M. Schulz, the most widely syndicated and
beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the least
understood figures in American culture. 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. It is the most American of stories:
How a barber's son grew up from modest beginnings to realize
his dream of creating a newspaper comic strip. How he
daringly chose themes never before attempted in mainstream
cartoons—loneliness, isolation, melancholy, the unending
search for love—always lightening the darker side with
laughter and mingling the old-fashioned sweetness of
childhood with a very adult and modern awareness of the
bitterness of life. And how, using a lighthearted, loving
touch, a crow-quill pen dipped in ink, and a cast of
memorable characters, he portrayed the struggles that come
with being awkward, imperfect, human. With
Peanuts, Schulz profoundly influenced America in the
second half of the twentieth century. But the humorous strip
was anchored in the collective experience and hardships of
the artist's generation—the generation that survived the
Great Depression, liberated Europe and the Pacific, and came
home to build the prosperous postwar world. Michaelis
masterfully weaves Schulz's story with the cartoons that are
so familiar to us, revealing how so much more of his life
was part of the strip than we ever knew. Based on
years of research, including exclusive interviews with the
cartoonist's family, friends, and colleagues, unprecedented
access to his studio and business archives, and new caches
of personal letters and drawings, Schulz and Peanuts
is the definitive epic biography of an American icon and the
unforgettable characters he created.
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