On Admiration: Heroes, Heroines, Role Models, and Mentors
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
On Admiration: Heroes, Heroines, Role Models, and Mentors
By (Author) W. D. Wetherell
Skyhorse Publishing
Skyhorse Publishing
21st September 2010
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
B
Physical Properties
Paperback
208
Width 127mm, Height 178mm, Spine 23mm
243g
Description
In a refreshing departure from todays celebrity worship cultivated by reality television, tabloid photos, and celebrity twittering, award-winning novelist W. D. Wetherell's On Admiration celebrates the heroes and heroines who have peopled his life from his earliest years.
Writers, singers, presidents, athletes, cartoonists, artists, activists, and many more are examined herefrom Henry David Thoreau to Willa Cather to Albert Camus to Dwight D. Eisenhower to Winston Churchill to Beverly Sillsin this humorous, insightful memoir that speaks powerfully about the state of fame, celebrity culture, and honest admiration.
Wetherell skillfully reminds us of the magic and mystery that comes with slow discoveryof that first awareness of those figures who awoke something within us, that inspired us as children, teenagers, and adultsforever altering the landscape of ourselves. From visiting Herman Melvilles study where Melville wrote Moby Dick to being a Rangers fan living in NYCWetherell examines the meaning of the American cultural landscapeand its remnantsin a candid and personal memoir like no other before him. With this lively and exacting series of pop culture essays, Wetherell joins the ranks of David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Franzen, and Chuck Klosterman.
Reviews
Wetherell s is a voice of sanity and sense for our increasingly virtual age. Reading him is like coming home.
Wetherells is a voice of sanity and sense for our increasingly virtualage. Reading him is like coming home.
A likable writer I have admired for a good many years. --Edward Hoagland, author of Hoagland on Nature
Wetherell's is a voice of sanity and sense for our increasingly virtual age. Reading him is like coming home.
Author Bio
W.D. Wetherell is a novelist, story writer, and essayist who has published more than twenty books. His World War I novel, A Century of November, was published to wide acclaim, praised as a small classic of language and emotion (San Francisco Chronicle). Wetherell has published four previous books from Skyhorse/Arcade, including Summer of the Bass, On Admiration, Soccer Dad, and his latest novel, The Writing on the Wall. He resides in Lyme Center, New Hampshire.
