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Michaelis, David.

Schulz and Peanuts : a biography / - 1st ed. - New York : Harper, �2007. - xiii, 655 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- pt. 1. northwest -- Ch. 1. Sparky -- Ch. 2. Relatives -- Ch. 3. The art of barbering -- Ch. 4. East comes west -- pt. 2. Son of God -- Ch. 5. Disguised -- Ch. 6. Ordinary joe -- Ch. 7. Spike and the gang -- Ch. 8. Class of one -- Ch. 9. Alone -- GI interlude: 1943-1945 -- pt. 3. Middle west -- Ch. 10 Breaking the ice -- Ch. 1. Heads and bodies -- Ch. 12. Faith -- Ch. 13. Redheads -- Ch. 14 Saga -- pt. 4. Pushing west -- Ch. 15. To the rockies -- Ch. 16. Peanuts, Inc. -- Ch. 17. The call of California -- Ch. 18 Coffee lane -- Ch. 19. Gospel -- Ch. 20. The drawing of the age of Snoopy -- pt. 5. Zenith -- Ch. 21. A good man -- Ch. 22. Arena -- Ch. 23 Doghouse -- Ch. 24. Happiness -- pt. 6. Empire of one -- Ch. 25. Poor, sweet baby -- Ch. 26. Plush -- Ch. 27. Still looking -- Ch. 28 Dailies done -- Acknowledgments -- Source notes -- Index.

A portrait of the late creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip evaluates how his career was shaped by his midwestern working-class origins, family losses, and wartime experiences, offering insight into how familiar storylines closely reflected Schulz's private life.

ISBN: 9780066213934 0066213932

LCCN: 2008270049

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA787183 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014200781 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Schulz, Charles M. 1922-2000.
Schulz, Charles M. 1922-2000. Peanuts.
Schulz, Charles M. 1922-2000.
Schulz, Charles M.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Peanuts.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cartoonists--United States--Biography.
Cartoonists--Biography.
Strips.
Schulz, Charles M, 1922-2000.
Strips.
Cartoonists--Biography.

LC Class. No.: PN6727.S3 / Z787 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 741.5/6973 B