Theodor Geisel: A Portrait of the Man Who Became Dr. Seuss
by Donald E. Pease
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Dr. Seuss' infectious rhymes, his blue-tufted, strong-willed creatures, and his knack for pithy, roundabout plots have been entertaining children and adults for decades. And as Donald Pease shows in this marvelous biography, the seemingly haphazard trajectory of Theodor Geisel's life bears a close resemblance to the zigzag plot lines of his children's books. Here is an engaging look at a man who indeed lived a zigzag life, by turns a cartoonist, ad agency artist (for Flit bug killer), show more author, caricaturist, documentary-film writer and producer, political cartoonist, and editor. Pease follows Ge show lessTags
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Donald E. Pease is Professor of English and the Ted and Helen Geisel Third Century Professor in the Humanities at Dartmouth College. He is the Chair of the Dartmouth Liberal Studies, Program.
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- Theodor Geisel: A Portrait of the Man Who Became Dr. Seuss
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- Fiction and Literature, Biography & Memoir, Literature Studies and Criticism
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- 813.52 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1900-1945
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- PS3513 .E2 .Z794 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1900-1960
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