Guide to Life: Bk. 1 (Peanuts Gift Books S.) - Hardcover

Schulz, Charles M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1841612685 ISBN 13: 9781841612683

Publisher: Ravette Publishing Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

Essentially, this is the best of the best 50 years of "Peanuts", featuring Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and the rest of the beguiling little gang. The sentiments of the world's most beloved cartoonist are reflected in these two new gift books. This work presents Charles Schulz's wry observations and advice, filtered through his lovable cast of characters. To create these two new "Peanuts Guide to Life" gift books, decades of comic strips have been sourced to find those illustrations and captions which best reflect the observations, wit and wisdom of Charles Schulz. Each book contains sections under headings, such as: People Skills, Life's Little Quirks, Wisdom and Self-Confidence. For the millions of faithful "Peanuts" fans, this is a collection of "greatest hits" to cherish and enjoy again and again.

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About the Author

Charles Monroe Schulz (1922 -2000) was a 20th-century American cartoonist best known for his Peanuts comic strip. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Dena and Carl Schulz. His nickname "Sparky" was given by his uncle, after the horse Spark Plug in the Barney Google comic strip. He attended St. Paul's Richard Gordon Elementary School, where he skipped two half-grades. As a result, he was the youngest in his class when he attended St. Paul Central High years later, which may have been the reason why he was so shy and isolated as a young teenager. After his mother died in February, 1943, he was drafted into the army and sent to Camp Campbell in Kentucky. He was then shipped to Europe two years later to fight in World War II. After leaving the United States Army in 1945, he took a job as an art teacher at Art Instruction Inc., which he attended before he was drafted. First published by Robert Ripley in his Ripley's Believe It or Not!, then in a series of chronicles, The Saturday Evening Post, his first regular comic strip, Li'l Folks was published in 1947 by the St. Paul Pioneer Press. (It was in this strip that Charlie Brown first appeared, as well as a dog that looked much like Snoopy). In 1950 he approached the United Features Syndicate with his best strips from Li'l Folks, and Peanuts made its first appearance on October 2, 1950. This strip became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. He also had a short-lived sports-oriented comic strip called It's Only a Game (1957-1959), but abandoned that strip due to the demands of the success of Peanuts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ravette Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841612685
• ISBN 13: 9781841612683
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64