A Boy Named Shel: The Life and Times of Shel Silverstein
by Lisa Rogak
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Author: Lisa RogakEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-11-13
ISBN: 0312353596
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
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Summary: 2 Stars
I echo the sentiment that this is not a great book. While Shel Silverstein was a remarkable and influential figure (certainly he was in my life), Mrs. Rogak's language and presentation makes for a seemingly unauthorized biography. Why there is one early cartoon featured in the whole book and not one poem I find unforgiveable. A cartoonist and poet and song writer and not a significant representation of such work in a bio? Perhaps the estate didn't authorize, though Rogak seems to have access to many of his friends and has done research to quote previous interviews. Silverstein was a special bird, full of contradictions and ever creative until the end but this book, which covers chronologically his life, doesn't dig into anything of significance.
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