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A Rabble-Rouser's Memoir
Atria
February 2008
On Sale: February 5, 2008
272 pages
ISBN: 0743291948
EAN: 9780743291941
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Committed is a bold, offbeat, globe-trotting memoir that
shows how the most ridiculed punching bag in high school
became an internationally renowned crusader for the most
downtrodden individuals of all -- animals. This irresistibly
entertaining book recounts the unorthodox coming-of-age that
inspired a reluctant party boy to devote his life to a
cause, without ever abandoning his sense of mischief and fun. Mathews is the irreverent force behind the colorful crusades
carried out by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA), making animal rights the "it" cause with campaigns
involving nude protestors, odd costumes, and celebrities as
diverse as Pamela Anderson and Sir Paul McCartney. With
self-deprecating wit and candor, he reveals the edgy details
of his outrageous career, which has found him arrested naked
on the streets of Hong Kong, dressed as a carrot outside
grade schools in Iowa (where he was pelted with luncheon
meats), and impersonating a priest to crash a fashion show
in Milan. From the rock scene in Hollywood and London to the inner
sanctums of New York high fashion and from jails in Boston
to a psychiatric ward in Paris, Committed spotlights the
adventures life can offer when you don't abandon your ideals
and imagination with your youth.
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