https://blog.vollink.com/tags/book-review+biography/ Recent content in book-review+biography on On My Mind... Hugo -- gohugo.io Wed, 12 Jun 2019 12:00:00 -0400 https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/06/the-good-neighbor/ Wed, 12 Jun 2019 12:00:00 -0400 https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/06/the-good-neighbor/ Book cover Subtitled, The Life and Work of Fred Rogers, this is a biography of a man that most Americans over 30 grew up watching as children on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which is a show that ran on US public television stations (PBS) for 31 years (1968-2001). I cannot review this book without noting that Fred Rogers means a lot to me, as I watched his show regularly for many years. https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/david-bowie-a-life/ Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:00:00 -0400 https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/david-bowie-a-life/ Book sleeve cover The author of this book took a huge amount of time to collect together statements and interviews from a vast array of people who knew or in some cases even briefly met David Bowie.  Jarringly, there are places where David Bowie's own statements are included.  All of these vignettes are presented each in whole, collected into chapters into an approximate order as to when the main point of each vignette happened. https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/07/eye-marty/ Wed, 04 Jul 2018 12:00:00 -0400 https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/07/eye-marty/ Book cover Marty Feldman is probably most famous for playing Igor in the 1974 Mel Brooks movie, Young Frankenstein.  He died in 1982, and his autobiography sat in the attic of his widow's home until her death in 2010 when it was discovered by Mark Flanagan.  Flanagan had it transcribed, exactly as it was found, including photo inserts and published without further editing. This book is in desperate need of editing.