A Wonderful Life: 50 Eulogies to Lift the Spirit
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Editor: Cyrus CopelandEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-05-12
ISBN: 1565125118
Number of pages: 296
Publisher: Algonquin Books
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Book Review: Like an Inspirational Stroll Among the Brightest Lights of the 20th Century
Summary: 5 Stars
This is Copeland's second collection of eulogies -- and it's every bit as good as the first. There are a couple of distinctions here: Photos are added of the 50 departed in this volume and, this time, he includes a section on "9/11 Heroes."
Once again, you'll be rubbing shoulders with the 20th Century's brightest lights, including: Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe, Julia Child, John Belushi and Leonard Bernstein.
If you'd like to use this volume with a small group, Copeland once again gathers the eulogies into themed sections, among them: pioneers, parents, athletes and movie stars.
Enriching reading. You'll learn a lot -- but, more than that, you'll ponder your own life and ask: How will I be remembered?
Summary of A Wonderful Life: 50 Eulogies to Lift the Spirit
The lives of the world's greatest contributors to arts, politics, sports, and letters are celebrated with wit, humor, and reverence by their equally famous friends,relatives, and peers.
Here are fifty eulogies, fond remembrances of the twentieth century's best and brightest:
World Pioneers: Martin Luther King Jr. honored by Robert Kennedy, Mahatma Gandhi by Jawaharlal Nehru
Movie Stars: Joan Crawford remembered by director George Cukor, Orson Welles by Charlton Heston
Media Titans: Katharine Graham celebrated by Ben Bradlee, Edward R.Murrow by Charles Kuralt
Entertainers: John Belushi by Dan Aykroyd, Bob Hope by Larry Gelbart
Composers and Singers: Jerry Garcia by Robert Hunter, Leonard Bernstein by Ned Rorem
Athletes: Mickey Mantle by Bob Costas, Arthur Ashe by Douglas Wilder
In these moving and personal tributes, we see the true personalities of these fifty remarkable people, shadings of character usually hidden from the spotlight.
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