The Who, The What And The When

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It PARTNERS AND SPOUSES,
r MUSES AND LOVERS,
RELATIVES AND ASSISTANTS,
NEIGHDORS AND FRIENDS,
EVEN A DELOVED PET—
THESE ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES OF HISTORY
FEATURING ARTWORK BY
Wendy MacNaughton
Samantha Hahn
Laura Callaghan
Thomas Doyle
AND TEXT BY
Jessica Lamb Shapiro
Mark Binelli
Manuel Gonzales
Josh Viertel
and many more . . .
E| xplore the secret stories of the individuals
I behind some of the most legendary figures
* in the arts, politics, science, and technology
in this fascinating compendium of historical fact
and biographical trivia. Learn about Michael and
Joy Brown, who gifted Harper Lee a year's worth
of wages to help her write To Kill a Mockingbird.
Meet Thomas A. Watson, the assistant who built
the telephone that Alexander Graham Bell invented.
And read about Sam Shaw, the man whose iconic
photographs helped make Marilyn Monroe the
enduring legend she is today. Each individual's
incredible story is told by a noted historian and
illustrated... Tovább

Fülszöveg

It PARTNERS AND SPOUSES,
r MUSES AND LOVERS,
RELATIVES AND ASSISTANTS,
NEIGHDORS AND FRIENDS,
EVEN A DELOVED PET—
THESE ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES OF HISTORY
FEATURING ARTWORK BY
Wendy MacNaughton
Samantha Hahn
Laura Callaghan
Thomas Doyle
AND TEXT BY
Jessica Lamb Shapiro
Mark Binelli
Manuel Gonzales
Josh Viertel
and many more . . .
E| xplore the secret stories of the individuals
I behind some of the most legendary figures
* in the arts, politics, science, and technology
in this fascinating compendium of historical fact
and biographical trivia. Learn about Michael and
Joy Brown, who gifted Harper Lee a year's worth
of wages to help her write To Kill a Mockingbird.
Meet Thomas A. Watson, the assistant who built
the telephone that Alexander Graham Bell invented.
And read about Sam Shaw, the man whose iconic
photographs helped make Marilyn Monroe the
enduring legend she is today. Each individual's
incredible story is told by a noted historian and
illustrated in a sumptuous portrait by one of today's
hottest artists. History has never been so captivating
or looked so good.
JENNY VOLVOVSKI, JULIA ROTHMAN,
and MATT LAMOTHE are partners in ALSO,
a design firm based in Chicago and New York
that has won numerous awards, including the
ADC Young Guns award. They are the authors
of The Where, the Why, and the How and The
Exquisite Book, also from Chronicle Books.
KURT ANDERSEN is a writer, editor, and host
of the public radio program Studio 360. He has
authored numerous novels and works of
nonfiction, and his writing has also appeared
in Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Time, and The
New York Times. As an editor he cofounded
Spy and Very Short List. He lives in Brooklyn. Vissza