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Schulz and Peanuts

A Biography

By David Michaelis

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| Hardcover | 9780066213934

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Charles Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the most misunderstood figures in American culture. Now, acclaimed biographer David Michaelis gives us the first full–length biography of Schulz: at once a creation story, a portrait of a hidden AmContinue

Charles Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the most misunderstood figures in American culture. Now, acclaimed biographer David Michaelis gives us the first full–length biography of Schulz: at once a creation story, a portrait of a hidden American genius, and a chronicle contrasting the private man with the central role he played in shaping the national imagination. The son of a barber, Schulz was born in Minnesota to modest, working class roots. In 1943, just three days after his mother's tragic death from cancer, Schulz, a private in the army, shipped out for boot camp and the war in Europe. The sense of shock and separation never left him. And these early experiences would shape his entire life.

With Peanuts, Schulz embedded adult ideas in a world of small children to remind the reader that character flaws and childhood wounds are with us always. It was the central truth of his own life, that as the adults we've become and as the children we always will be, we can free ourselves, if only we can see the humour in the predicaments of funny–looking kids. Schulz's Peanuts profoundly influenced the country in the second half of the 20th century. But the strip was anchored in the collective experience and hardships of Schulz's generation–the generation that survived the Great Depression and liberated Europe and the Pacific and came home to build the post–war world.

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  • Good Grief!

    Correction Appended Toward the end of his life Charles Schulz, the creator of “Peanuts,” wished he were Andrew Wyeth. What Wyeth did was fine art, he grumbled, while he was just a newspaper cartoonist, a draftsman, whose work would surely not last. I ... (read full critics)

    nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

  • Schulz and Peanuts By David Michaelis

    Who'd have thought that Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000) would be worthy of a major biography? Yet the late creator of the Peanuts comic strip might rightly be considered one of the greatest authors of all time his 50 years of tireless work is engrained ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 688 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0066213932
  • ISBN-13: 9780066213934
  • Publisher: Harper
  • Pub date: Oct 01, 2007
  • Also available as: Paperback
  • In other languages: other languages Libros en Español
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