
On Admiration
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Writers, singers, presidents, athletes, cartoonists, artists, activists, and many more are examined here-from Henry David Thoreau to Willa Cather to Albert Camus to Dwight D. Eisenhower to Winston Churchill to Beverly Sills-in this humorous, insightful memoir that speaks powerfully about the state of fame, celebrity culture, and honest admiration.
Wetherell skillfully reminds us of the magic and mystery that comes with slow discovery-of that first awareness of those figures who awoke something within us, that inspired us as children, teenagers, and adults-forever altering the landscape of ourselves. From visiting Herman Melville's study where Melville wrote Moby Dick to being a Rangers fan living in NYC-Wetherell examines the meaning of the American cultural landscape-and its remnants-in a candid and personal memoir like no other before him. With this lively and exacting series of pop culture essays, Wetherell joins the ranks of David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Franzen, and Chuck Klosterman.
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- Cover
- Halftitle
- Dedication
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication-1
- Contents
- Introduction
- Halftitle-1
- PART ONE
- Jim Thorpe
- Mary Martin
- Dave Garroway
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Pure Admiration
- T. H. White
- Sir Edmund Hillary
- Davy Crockett
- Mickey Mantle
- We Are Who We Admire
- Benedict Arnold
- Patrick McGoohan
- Jean Shepherd
- Walt Kelly
- Lost in Admiration
- Rosa Parks
- Pete Seeger
- Henry David Thoreau
- Lives of the Saints
- Robert Frost
- Arthur Fiedler
- Pierre Bezukhov
- The Golden Age of Admiration
- PART TWO
- Willa Cather
- Bernie Geoffrion
- Wayne Morse
- Bertrand Russell
- Admiration 101
- Henry Beston
- Tom Paxton
- Joseph Conrad
- Fredric March
- Total Admiration
- Jussi Bjorling
- Winslow Homer
- Maria Chekhova
- Beverly Sills
- Man at Her Best
- PART THREE
- Stan Rogers
- Albert Camus
- Parker Pillsbury
- Herman Melville
- Still Admirable After All These Years
- Epilogue
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