02680nam 2200673Ia 450 991082435690332120240505201358.01-282-46584-897866124658400-19-971735-4(CKB)2670000000012059(EBL)480665(OCoLC)550692714(SSID)ssj0000343630(PQKBManifestationID)11244854(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343630(PQKBWorkID)10291715(PQKB)10736912(MiAaPQ)EBC480665(Au-PeEL)EBL480665(CaPaEBR)ebr10367831(CaONFJC)MIL246584(EXLCZ)99267000000001205920090909d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTheodor Seuss Geisel /Donald E. Pease1st ed.New York Oxford University Pressc20101 online resource (193 p.)Lives and legaciesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-061452-8 0-19-532302-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; One: DR. SEUSS'S PASSAGE HOME; Two: BECOMING DR. SEUSS; Three: DR. SEUSS RETURNS; Four: DR. SEUSS AND HELEN GEISEL'S EMPIRE; Five: DR. SEUSS'S LEGACY; Acknowledgments; Notes; IndexDr. 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), author, caricaturist, documentary-film writer and producer, political cartoonist, and editor. Pease follows GeLives and legacies.Authors, American20th centuryBiographyIllustratorsUnited StatesBiographyChildren's literatureAuthorshipAuthors, AmericanIllustratorsChildren's literatureAuthorship.813813.52813.54813/.52Pease Donald E1604931MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824356903321Theodor Seuss Geisel3969635UNINA