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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

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Works by Edward Asner

The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against… 32 copies, 1 review
Misuse of Power: How the Far Right Gained And Misuses Power 5 copies
Up (1 Disc) (2010) Ed Asner; Christopher Plummer; Jordan Nagai 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
The Oil Factor: Beyond the War on Terror 1 copy
[No title] 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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Hiroshima (Narrator, some editions) 4,452 copies, 77 reviews
Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo (Narrator, some editions) 859 copies, 16 reviews
Up [2009 animated film] (Actor) 433 copies, 7 reviews
Elf [2003 film] (Actor) 339 copies, 2 reviews
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho: Adventure Stories from the Bible (Narrator) 74 copies, 2 reviews
El Dorado [1966 film] 67 copies
The Bachelor [1999 film] 39 copies
The Christmas Card [2006 TV movie] (Actor) 37 copies
The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete First Season (Actor) 28 copies, 1 review
Roots [1977 TV mini series] (Actor) 28 copies
Christmas Cottage [2008 film] (Actor) 26 copies
Gypsy [1993 TV movie] 21 copies, 2 reviews
The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Second Season (Actor) 19 copies
The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial (Narrator) 19 copies, 4 reviews

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Fourth Season (Actor, some editions) 18 copies

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Third Season (Actor) 15 copies

All-Star Superman [2011 animated film] (Actor) 13 copies

Gus [1976 film] 12 copies

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

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

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Sixth Season (Actor) 9 copies

Fort Apache, The Bronx [1981 film] 9 copies

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Seventh Season (Actor) 8 copies

The Gathering [1977 TV movie] (Actor) 7 copies

Rich Man, Poor Man [1976 TV mini series] 6 copies

Too Big To Fail [2011 film] 4 copies, 1 review

The Jewish Holidays Video Guide 2 copies

Best of the West: Classic Stories from the American Frontier, Volume 2… (Narrator) 1 copy

Gigantic [2003 film] (Actor) 1 copy

Lou Grant: The Complete First Season (Actor) 1 copy

Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends: Darlin' Clementine 1 copy

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Asner, Edward David

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University of Chicago

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