Edition |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
Description |
x, 465 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [425]-445) and index. |
Contents |
The Colt boys -- Good brother, bad brother: Edwin and John Wilkes Booth -- The fallout shelter -- Brother against brother: John and Will Kellogg -- Baseball -- Brother's keeper: Vincent and Theo Van Gogh -- Under the influence -- Brothers, Inc.: Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo Marx -- Aerogrammes -- The lost brother: John and Henry David Thoreau -- The Colt men. |
Summary |
In alternate chapters, Colt moves from a quest to understand how his own brothers shaped his life to an examination of the complex relationships between iconic brothers in history. |
Subject |
Colt, George Howe -- Family.
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Brothers -- Case studies.
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ISBN |
9781416547778 hardback alkaline paper $30.00 |
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1416547770 hardback alkaline paper |
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