- Gebundene Ausgabe: 272 Seiten
- Verlag: Univ Pr of Kentucky (19. Oktober 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0813121795
- ISBN-13: 978-0813121796
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,8 x 13,7 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.915.025 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Bessie, a film writer and director, has put together a lively look at a bunch of his relatives. What is remarkable is not only his voice--it is all in the practiced cadences of a born raconteur--but the number of interesting people he is related to. There's his favorite cousin, the aptly named birder Phoebe, who before her death in 1999 had logged 85 percent of the 10,000 bird species. His Uncle Harry ran the Yale Puppeteers and the famed Turnabout Theater with his partners Roddy and cousin Forman; as Richard Meeker, Forman wrote the famed gay classic, Better Angel (1931). Bessie's father, Alvah, was blacklisted and went to prison as part of the Hollywood 10. His gentle, impaired stepfather was convicted of murder. His half-sister, Eva, married Wes Wilson, whose astonishing posters for the Fillmore Auditorium in the 1960s are now icons. Like the titles listed in the Read-alike column "In Search of Our Parents" [BKL Mr 1 00], this memoir would make a great choice for discussion groups exploring family chronicles. GraceAnne DeCandido
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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In this work, the author details the numerous and often extraordinary achievements of his family. His uncle Leo Burnett headed one of the world's largest advertising agencies, his father's cousin helped found the Athenaeum Press, and another uncle, Harry Burnett, founded a Los Angeles theatre.
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Rare Birds
26. Januar 2001
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Great book. Not only well written but written with the insight of a mature, intelligent sensitive human being. Great insight into the human condition. The author comes from a unusally talented and creative family and as this book demonstrates is as creative as any of them. Telling us the story of his family gives us alot information about the political climate in the USA and its effect on individual citizens. Extremly interesting and varied Family members from the world's must prolific bird watcher to a Leftist screen writer who fought with the Abraham Lincoln`Brigade in the Spanish Civil War.
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Birds of an extraordinary feather ...
8. Januar 2001
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Dan Bessie implies that we ALL have such people in our families. Frankly - I doubt that. Certainly, if we all had his talent, we could make much of our own oddballs and eccentrics, but in the final analysis we would still only be colouring the grey. His family is and was extraordinary.
"Rare Birds" is an affectionate sketch of an abnormally talented and unusual family. Mr Bessie - being a modest man (judging by how little he refers to himself in the narrative) - would doubtless take issue with that summation, but it is nonetheless true.
In another century, the father of a famous family of writers (Patrick Bronte) acknowledged his own rather eccentric attributes, but at the same time pointed out to his daughter's biographer that if he had been one of the world's "concentric" men he would not, in all probability, have produced such children as his were.
Mr Bessie can, in a way, lay claim to the same process. Talent only occasionally emerges from nowhere, with no previous indication of its existence. Even with the most fascinating material, more illustrious writers have failed to grip the imagination of the reader. Mr Bessie's almost tangible affection and respect for his subjects shines through the narrative.
"Rare Birds" can be as strongly recommended to scholars of the McCarthy witch-hunt period as to those who simply enjoy good writing. Mr Bessie grew up in one of the most unnerving and nervous periods of US history and his personal reflections are both telling and educational.
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What a family!
14. Februar 2001
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
After reading "Rare Birds" by Dan Bessie I thought, "What a family!". Every family has a few characters or maybe a semi-famous person. But, in "Rare Birds" I was totally fascinated by the wide range of interesting and famous family members. I especially liked the chapters on his Uncle Harry Burnett and the Turnabout Theatre. The book is written in a relaxed style that makes you feel like you're having a conversation with the author. It made me want to search out my own family tree, shake it and see who falls out. Fascinating and enjoyable book!
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