Not a book by Charlie Brown

PropheticAs I showed the other day, I’m always interested in books about and even by folks named Charlie Brown. But I’ve found one that’s not by Charlie Brown, it’s by his daughter. That’s how she identifies herself on the book; the author name is Charlie Brown’s Daughter. The book has the rather tough title of Kathy Mayes 2004 Prophetic Letter To Fantasia (although the back cover mentions it as having the slightly more comprehendible title by starting with Kathy Mayes’s). The book sounds, ummm, interesting. Apparently, Kathy Mayes/Charlie Brown’s Daughter, who declares herself to be a prophetess of 26 years experience, felt back in 2004 that the Lord called the to write an important letter… to a contestant on American Idol. And later, the Lord called her to publish this letter book.

Clearly, this is a book that every Peanuts collector must have.

Not That Charlie Brown
The Mystery of the 1955 Charlie Brown

AAUGH Blog reader Caren (of CollectPeanuts.com ) knows I like chronicling non-Peanuts uses of the name “Charlie Brown”, so when she saw an eBay listing for a 1955 Charlie Brown record, she knew that she should sic me on it. Clearly, this is not Schulz’s Charlie Brown. The immediate thought …

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Those Other Charles Schulzes

Okay, so I search newspaper archives for unimportant things out of curiosity. And checking for pre-Sparky people named “Charles Schulz”, I found a fair amount, but the one which struck me was this obituary from 1900: It’s just the fact that this Charles Schulz had a son, Charles Schulz, who …

Not That Charlie Brown
Charlie Browns of the Cs

Digging through newspaper archives, I decided to delve into earlier Charlie Browns. These are just the ones that start with C from the 19th century: Crook (1822): Cricketeer (1860): Cairo-bound steamer (1862): Confederate prisoner (1862): Congressional candidate (1863): Concerning choice of spouse (1863): Coat borrower (1866): Captain (1867):   40 …