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Author photo. Photo by Alan Light, 1994 (Cropped/Flickr)

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Edward Asner

Author of The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs

Includes the names: Ed Asner, Edward Asner, Ed Asner et al.

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Works by Edward Asner

The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against… 41 copies, 2 reviews
Misuse of Power: How the Far Right Gained And Misuses Power 5 copies
The Best of Second City: Chicago's Famed Improv Theatre (Audio Theatre… 4 copies, 1 review
For the Living-The Story of the US Holocaust 2 copies
A Small Killing 1 copy
John XXIII: The Pope of Peace 1 copy
The Oil Factor: Beyond the War on Terror 1 copy
Hollywood The Golden Years the RKO Story {1987} BBC4 6 episodes 1 copy
Fires of the mind [videorecording] 1 copy
Everything's fine adult children of alcoholics 1 copy

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Scat (Narrator, some editions) 1,768 copies, 83 reviews
Hiroshima {1946 original} (Narrator, some editions) 1,761 copies, 27 reviews
Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo (Narrator, some editions) 910 copies, 16 reviews
Up [2009 film] (Actor) 552 copies, 9 reviews
Elf [2003 film] (Actor) 440 copies, 2 reviews
The Zebra-Striped Hearse (Narrator, some editions) 414 copies, 6 reviews
El Dorado [1966 film] 79 copies
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho: Adventure Stories from the Bible (Narrator) 77 copies, 2 reviews
The Bachelor [1999 film] 50 copies
The Christmas Card [2006 TV movie] (Actor) 44 copies
Roots [1977 TV mini series] (Actor) 34 copies, 1 review
The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete First Season (Actor) 31 copies, 1 review
Christmas Cottage [2008 film] (Actor) 30 copies
Gypsy [1993 TV movie] (Actor) 23 copies, 2 reviews

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Second Season (Actor) 21 copies

The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial (Narrator) 20 copies, 5 reviews

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Third Season (Actor) 19 copies

All-Star Superman [2011 animated film] (Actor) 17 copies

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Fourth Season (Actor, some editions) 17 copies

Gus [1976 film] 16 copies

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Fifth Season (Actor) 13 copies

The oil factor [videorecording] : behind the war on terror (Narrator) 11 copies

Hawaii Five-O: Season 3 [2010 TV series] (Actor) 11 copies

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Seventh Season (Actor) 11 copies

Fort Apache, The Bronx [1981 film] 11 copies

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Sixth Season (Actor) 10 copies

The Gathering [1977 TV movie] (Actor) 9 copies

Rich Man, Poor Man [1976 TV mini series] (Actor) 9 copies

The Christmas Star [1986 film] (Actor) 9 copies

Too Big To Fail [2011 film] 5 copies, 1 review

The Jewish Holidays Video Guide 2 copies

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Asner, Edward David

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Wyandotte High School

University of Chicago

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