Discusses the late creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip, evaluating how his career was shaped by his midwestern working-class origins, family, and war experiences, and offering insight into how storylines closely reflected his private life.
Read More
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. Schulz and Peanuts is the definitive epic biography of an American icon and the unforgettable characters he created.
Read Less