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A Biography
by David Michaelis
Charles M. Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the least understood figures in American culture. Now acclaimed biographer David Michaelis gives us the first full-length biography of the brilliant, unseen man behind Peanuts: at once a creation story, a portrait of a native genius, and a chronicle contrasting the private man with the central role he played in shaping the national imagination.
"Starred Review. This is a fascinating account of an artist who devoted his life to his work in the painful belief that it was all he had." - PW.
"All that's needed about a prodigy of American cultural history." - Kirkus.
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