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On Admiration
W D Wetherell
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Description for On Admiration
Hardback. W. D. Wetherell has a sharp, fresh eye and a complicated view of our dislocations, pains and dreams. The New York Times Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
In a refreshing departure from today’s celebrity worship cultivated by reality television, tabloid photos, and celebrity twittering, award-winning novelist W. D. Wetherell's On Admiration celebrates the heroes and heroines who have peopled his life from his earliest years.
Writers, singers, presidents, athletes, cartoonists, artists, activists, and many more are examined here—from Henry David Thoreau to Willa Cather to Albert Camus to Dwight D. Eisenhower to Winston Churchill to Beverly Sills—in this humorous, insightful memoir that speaks powerfully about the state of fame, celebrity culture, and honest admiration.
Wetherell skillfully reminds us of the magic and mystery ... Read more
In a refreshing departure from today’s celebrity worship cultivated by reality television, tabloid photos, and celebrity twittering, award-winning novelist W. D. Wetherell's On Admiration celebrates the heroes and heroines who have peopled his life from his earliest years.
Writers, singers, presidents, athletes, cartoonists, artists, activists, and many more are examined here—from Henry David Thoreau to Willa Cather to Albert Camus to Dwight D. Eisenhower to Winston Churchill to Beverly Sills—in this humorous, insightful memoir that speaks powerfully about the state of fame, celebrity culture, and honest admiration.
Wetherell skillfully reminds us of the magic and mystery ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781616080716
SKU
V9781616080716
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About W D Wetherell
W.D. Wetherell is a novelist, story writer, and essayist who has published more than twenty books. His World War I novel, A Century of November, was published to wide acclaim, praised as “ a small classic of language and emotion” (San Francisco Chronicle). Wetherell has published four previous books from Skyhorse/Arcade, including Summer of the Bass, On Admiration, Soccer Dad, ... Read more
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