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Shep se Army.

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Shep's Army. Bummers, Blisters and Boondoggles. Edited by Eugene B. Bergmann. Book. Softcover. 240 pages. Published by Opus Books. HL.113099. ISBN 162316012X. 5.5x8.5 inches. Disclaimer. No U.S. Military Personnel were harmed during the making of these fictional reminiscences. No warrior is more forgotten than he who has been left behind by the war department. Most men who have never tasted combat beyond the occasional fistfight on poker night quickly learn to lay low and zip the lip when battlefield stories are unfurled by the Purple Hearters at the dinner table. Except, of course, for our man Jean Shepherd. Fearless in his uncombativeness, he manfully fought his dearth of frontline duty with the weapons he wielded unmatched by even the most decorated dogface. rapid-fire griping and explosive laughter. Jean Shepherd was, and remains, a pervasive part of American culture. His quirky individuality was portrayed for posterity by Jason Robards in the play and film, A Thousand Clowns , written by Shep's close pal, Herb Gardner. Jack Nicholson embodied a Shepherd-like late-night radio talker in The King of Marvin Gardens. While in Network , by Paddy Chayefsky. another of Shep's comic cohorts. , the television newscaster beseeches his listeners to open their windows and yell, “I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore,” an unmistakable echo of Shepherd's radio habit of “hurling an invective” like a hand grenade out into the nation's air waves. Shepherd was a spiritual father to Garrison Keillor, Daniel Pinkwater, Bill Harley, Paul Krassner and Joe Frank. Tens of thousands of rabid fans stayed up past their bedtime with transistor radios stashed under their pillows to follow Shep's always unpredictable, usually extemporaneous, verbal forays into current events, social mores, idle thoughts, stories about his childhood in northern Indiana. “I was this kid, see. , his army days, and his idiosyncratic take on his world-wide travels. Shepherd once bamboozled an innocent public, and gullible publishing world, by promoting a non-existent book. I, Libertine. and author. Frederick R. Ewing. , then co-writing it with sci-fi author Theodore Sturgeon. It sold in best-seller numbers. Shepherd wrote nearly two dozen stories for Playboy and even interviewed the Beatles for the magazine. He published several best-selling books of his stories and articles. he appeared at Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, and in hundreds of jam-packed college auditoriums. Shep's Army is the first volume of new Shepherd tales to be published in a quarter century. Shep's Army is the first volume of new Shepherd tales to be published in nearly a decade.

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Shep se Army. Bummers, blase en Boondoggles. Geredigeer deur Eugene B. Bergmann. Book. Softcover. 240 bladsye. Gepubliseer deur Opus Books. HL.113099. ISBN 162316012X. . Disclaimer. Geen Amerikaanse militêre personeel is benadeel tydens die maak van hierdie fiktiewe herinneringe. Geen vegter is meer vergete as hy wat het agter gelaat is deur die oorlog departement. Die meeste mans wat nog nooit geproe bestry buite die Sosiale vuisgeveg op poker nag vinnig leer om te lê laag en rits die lip wanneer slagveld stories ontvou deur die Purple Hearters op die tafel. Behalwe, natuurlik, vir ons man Jean Shepherd. Vreeslose in sy uncombativeness, het hy manhaftig sy gebrek aan frontlinie plig geveg met die wapens wat hy uitgeoefen ongeëwenaard deur selfs die mees versier rekruut. vinnige-vuur gierig en plofbare lag. Jean Shepherd was, en bly, 'n deurdringende deel van die Amerikaanse kultuur. Sy prettige individualiteit is vir die nageslag uitgebeeld deur Jason Robards in die drama en film, duisend Clowns, geskryf deur Shep se noue pal, Herb Gardner. Jack Nicholson vergestalt 'n Shepherd-agtige laatnag-radio prater in Die Koning van Marvin Gardens. Terwyl hy in Network, deur Paddy Chayefsky. nog een van Shep se komiese kohorte. , Die televisie nuusleser beseeches sy luisteraars hul vensters oop te maak en gil, Ek is mal soos die hel, en ek gaan nie meer om dit te neem, het 'n onmiskenbare eggo van Shepherd se radio gewoonte gooi 'n uitskellery soos 'n hand . Shepherd was 'n geestelike vader te Garrison Keillor, Daniel Pinkwater, Bill Harley, Paul Krassner en Joe Frank. Tienduisende hondsdol aanhangers gebly verlede hul slaaptyd met transistor radio stashed onder hul kussings Shep se altyd onvoorspelbaar, gewoonlik onvoorbereid, verbale style te volg in die huidige gebeure, sosiale gewoontes, idle gedagtes, stories oor sy kinderjare in die noorde van Indiana. Ek was hierdie kind, sien. Sy leër dae, en sy idiosinkratiese neem op sy wêreld-wye reise. Shepherd keer 'n onskuldige publiek, en liggelowiges publishing wêreld bamboozled, deur die bevordering van 'n nie-bestaande boek. Ek, Tine. en skrywer. Frederick R. Ewing. , Dan met sci-fi skrywer Theodore Sturgeon saam skryf dit. Dit verkoop in die beste-verkoper getalle. Shepherd het byna twee dosyn stories vir Playboy en selfs 'n onderhoud die Beatles vir die tydskrif. Hy verskeie topverkoper boeke van sy stories en artikels gepubliseer. Hy verskyn aan die Carnegie Hall, Stadsaal, en in honderde propvol kollege ouditoriums. Shep se Army is die eerste volume van nuwe Shepherd stories te publiseer in 'n kwart van hierdie eeu. Shep se Army is die eerste volume van nuwe Shepherd verhale gepubliseer word in byna 'n dekade.