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Death Be Not Proud
Contributor(s): Gunther, John J. (Author)
ISBN: 0061230979     ISBN-13: 9780061230974
Publisher: Harper Perennial
OUR PRICE:   $16.19  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2007
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Annotation: Johnny Gunther was only 17 years old when he died of a brain tumor. This Perennial Modern Classic is a father's memoir of this brave, intelligent, and spirited boy.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients)
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
Dewey: B
Series: P.S.
Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.34" W x 8.02" (0.38 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Topical - Death/Dying
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 529
Reading Level: 8.0   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 8.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

If courage is the antidote to pain and grief, the disease and the cure are both in this book. . . . A story of great unselfishness and great heroism. --New York Times

Johnny Gunther was only seventeen years old when he died of a brain tumor. During the months of his illness, everyone near him was unforgettably impressed by his level-headed courage, his wit and quiet friendliness, and, above all, his unfaltering patience through times of despair. This deeply moving book is a father's memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy.


Contributor Bio(s): Gunther, John J.: -

John Gunther (1901-1970) was one of the best known and most admired journalists of his day. The author of the immensely popular Inside books--a series of profiles of major world powers, beginning with Inside Europe, published in 1936--he was born on the north side of Chicago and died on May 29, 1970.