No Longer Remembering Sparky

They Called Him Sparky coverThe mailma’am just delivered my copies of the book of reminiscences about Charles Schulz that I discussed earlier. I was surprised to find that the book didn’t bear the title which I’d been told it would have. While the text of the book refers to itelf by the old tile (Remembering Sparky), the cover, spine, and title page use the title They Called Him Sparky.

So if you see this book somewhere and wonder if that is the book I was talking about, the answer is “yes”.

I’ll give a review of this book of reminiscences, correspondence, and cartoons once I’ve had a chance to read the whole thing, but my initial impressions are positive (for those with a specific interest in Schulz; this isn’t a book for the casual Peanuts fan.)

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