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Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper

2009-10-13 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2009-10-13
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Book Synopsis Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper by : Stephen J. Dubner

Download or read book Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper written by Stephen J. Dubner. This book was released on 2009-10-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a boy, Stephen J. Dubner's hero was Franco Harris, the famed and mysterious running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers. When Dubner's father died, he became obsessed—he dreamed of his hero every night; he signed his school papers "Franco Dubner." Though they never met, it was Franco Harris who shepherded Dubner through a fatherless boyhood. Years later, Dubner journeys to meet his hero, certain that Harris will embrace him. And he is . . . well, wrong. Told with the grit of a journalist and the grace of a memoirist, Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper is a breathtaking, heartbreaking, and often humorous story of astonishing developments. It is also a sparkling meditation on the nature of hero worship—which, like religion and love, tells us as much about ourselves as about the object of our desire.

Daydream Believer

2001 Genealogists
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Release : 2001
Genre : Genealogists
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Book Rating : 875/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Daydream Believer by : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd

Download or read book Daydream Believer written by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daydream Believer is a wonderfully witty and self-deprecating memoir told through the authors tragi-comic need to worship at the feet of the mighty. Be they eccentric uncles, cricketing giants, stars of stage and screen, Hugh Massingberd has been their devoted fan. This book is his story and will appeal to all those with a keen sense of the ridiculous.

The Hero in America

1963 Hero worship
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Release : 1963
Genre : Hero worship
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Book Synopsis The Hero in America by : Dixon Wecter

Download or read book The Hero in America written by Dixon Wecter. This book was released on 1963. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

On Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History

2013-08-20 Philosophy
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Release : 2013-08-20
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis On Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History by : Thomas Carlyle

Download or read book On Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History written by Thomas Carlyle. This book was released on 2013-08-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVBased on a series of lectures delivered in 1840, Thomas Carlyle’s On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History considers the creation of heroes and the ways they exert heroic leadership. From the divine and prophetic (Odin and Muhammad) to the poetic (Dante and Shakespeare) to the religious (Luther and Knox) to the political (Cromwell and Napoleon), Carlyle investigates the mysterious qualities that elevate humans to cultural significance. By situating the text in the context of six essays by distinguished scholars that reevaluate both Carlyle’s work and his ideas, David Sorensen and Brent Kinser argue that Carlyle's concept of heroism stresses the hero’s spiritual dimension. In Carlyle’s engagement with various heroic personalities, he dislodges religiosity from religion, myth from history, and truth from “quackery” as he describes the wondrous ways in which these “flowing light-fountains” unlock the heroic potential of ordinary human beings. /div

On Heroes, Hero-worship, and the Heroic in History

1852 Hero worship
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Release : 1852
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Book Synopsis On Heroes, Hero-worship, and the Heroic in History by : Thomas Carlyle

Download or read book On Heroes, Hero-worship, and the Heroic in History written by Thomas Carlyle. This book was released on 1852. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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