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Rare Birds |
Critically acclaimed by the New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, and other publications, Rare Birds details Dan's uniquely diverse family, some of whose members include: his father Alvah, Spanish Civil War vet and member of the blacklisted Hollywood Ten; his uncle Leo Burnett, creator of the Jolly Green Giant, Pillsbury Doughboy and Charlie the Tuna; his cousin, Phoebe, the world's leading bird watcher; his cousin Mike Bessie, publisher of titles from The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook, to Gorbachev's Perestroika; his great-grandfather, a Belgian stowaway who served in an all black regiment during the Civil War; his uncle Harry Burnett, celebrated puppeteer and partner in Hollywood's famous Turnabout Theater during the 1940s. . . . and the list goes on... |
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* * * * * "...his breathless enthusiasm...and flair for irony inform the entire memoir, as do the splendid family snapshots he has painstakingly assembled." NEW YORK TIMES "Bessie portrays his relatives - both famous and not - as striking examples of American individuality, ingenuity and creativity... This heartfelt, warmly intelligent kaleidoscope of intimate portraits never glosses over the rough edges." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE “...a fetching family history... Rare Birds is an extended curtain call for a highly original cast, with an enamored but clear-eyed descendant working the curtain.” PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY
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