The Good Neighbor
Books | Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts
4.1
(165)
Maxwell King
The New York Times bestseller: “A superb, thoughtful biography” of the creator and star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (David McCullough).Fred Rogers was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. Through his long-running television program, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Rogers was fiercely devoted to children and to taking their fears, concerns, and questions about the world seriously.The Good Neighbor, the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, tells the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, Maxwell King traces Rogers’s personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work. King explores Rogers’s surprising decision to walk away from his show to make television for adults, only to return to the neighborhood with increasingly sophisticated episodes, written in collaboration with experts on childhood development. An engaging story, rich in detail, The Good Neighbor is the definitive portrait of a beloved figure, cherished by multiple generations.
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Author
Maxwell King
Pages
434
Publisher
Abrams
Published Date
2018-09-04
ISBN
1683353498 9781683353492
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"Who doesn’t love Mr. Rogers, right? While some new revelations about Rogers the man and child<br/>of privilege were new discoveries, the book still did not reveal much. I think the author’s relationship with the Rogers Foundation makes him too close to the subject, thus bordering on hero worship at times."