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03222aam a22004458i 4500 001 461F10E674A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200402010032 008 191106s2020 meu db 000 0ceng 010 $a 2019046693 020 $a 1432873881 020 $a 9781432873882 (large print : hardcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 10 $a CT105 $b .R59 2020 082 00 $a 920 $2 23 100 1 $a Rocca, Mo, $e author. 245 10 $a Mobituaries : $b great lives worth reliving / $c Mo Rocca with Jonathan Greenberg ; illustrations by Mitch Butler. 246 30 $a Great lives worth reliving 260 $a Waterville : $b Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company, Gale, Cengage Learning $c 2020 263 $a 2003 300 $a 697 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries--reading about the remarkable lives of global leaders, Hollywood heavyweights, and innovators who changed the world. But not every notable life has gotten the send-off it deserves. His quest to right that wrong inspired Mobituaries, his #1 hit podcast. Now with Mobituaries, the book, he has gone much further, with all new essays on artists, entertainers, sports stars, political pioneers, founding fathers, and more. Even if you know the names, you've never understood why they matter...until now. Take Herbert Hoover: before he was president, he was the "Great Humanitarian," the man who saved tens of millions from starvation. But after less than a year in the White House, the stock market crashed, and all the good he had done seemed to be forgotten. Then there's Marlene Dietrich, well remembered as a screen goddess, less remembered as a great patriot. Alongside American servicemen on the front lines during World War II, she risked her life to help defeat the Nazis of her native Germany. And what about Billy Carter and history's unruly presidential brothers? Were they ne'er-do-well liabilities...or secret weapons? Plus, Mobits for dead sports teams, dead countries, the dearly departed station wagon, and dragons. Yes, dragons. Rocca is an expert researcher and storyteller. He draws on these skills here. With his dogged reporting and trademark wit, Rocca brings these men and women back to life like no one else can. Mobituaries is an insightful and unconventional account of the people who made life worth living for the rest of us, one that asks us to think about who gets remembered, and why."-- $c Provided by publisher. 630 00 $a Mobituaries (Podcast) 650 0 $a Biography $v Miscellanea. 650 0 $a Large type books. 700 1 $a Greenberg, Jonathan, $e author. 700 1 $a Butler, Mitch, $e illustrator. 941 $a 8 945 $a lpt 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409034912.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230203015432.0 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201022329.0 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20211103010214.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722063642.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20200604010556.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20200505011228.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200402010329.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=461F10E674A711EA8EBE956E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search