The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

King, Maxwell

Published by Abrams Press, New York, 2018

About this Item

New condition red front cover and blue rear cover boards, yellow spine, and blue spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by Fred Rogers; Prologue: A Beautiful Day; Epilogue: A Personal Note on the Importance of Fred Rogers; Acknowledgments; Notes and Index. Illustrated with two sections of both black-and-white and color photographic plates. First edition, second printing. "I have really never considered myself a TV star. I always thought I was a neighbor who just came in for a visit." - Fred Rogers "Every weekday for decades, a kind man named Mister Rogers stepped through a door in his TV house, spoke directly into the camera while he changed from street clothes into a cardigan and sneakers, and sang, "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood." Offering unconditional love, this soft-spoken icon was a household name for tens of millions of children, as well as their parents who grew up with this friendly neighbor themselves. Fred Rogers (1928-2003) was an enormously influential pioneer in the history of television for almost forty years. As the creator and star of public television's Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Rogers was fiercely devoted to children and to taking their fears, concerns, and questions about the world seriously. The Good Neighbor, the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, tells the story of this unique and enduring American figure. Based on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents. THe Good Neighbor traces Rogers's personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work, including a surprising decision to walk away from the show in 1976 to make television for adults, only to return to the neighborhood with increasingly sophisticated groups of episodes, created in collaboration with experts on child development, about complex issues such as divorce, discipline, mistakes, anger, and competition. Rogers's work and his messages still resonate with parents and children today, especially in a world where the human values he champiooned are too often forgotten or neglected. Taking readers beyond the gentle man in the sweater, The Good Neighbor is the definitive portrait of a beloved figure, cherished by miltiple generations." -- from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
• Publisher: Abrams Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2018
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Gall, John (jacket design); Franzos, Joshua (author photograph)
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine