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Speak Softly and Carry a
Beagle written and drawn by Charles M. Schulz is a collection
of Peanuts comic strips. This book includes cartoons the years 1974 &
1975. All of the comic strips appear in black
and white.
This collection contains the following storylines: Sally
Learns Cursive, Dear Contributor, Lost Beagle Scout, Ears Pierced, Going
to Camp, Speak Softly and Carry a Beagle, Elementary School Building,
Baseball Statistics, Piano in the Sewer, Peppermint Patty: Figure
Skater, and Falling Asleep at School.
On October
2, 1950, Peanuts
debuted
in seven newspapers
and ran until January
3, 2000 when Charles M. Schulz bid a fond farewell to all his readers in
the final daily Peanuts newspaper strip. On February
12, 2000, Charles Schulz died on a Saturday evening, of complications
from colon cancer in Santa Rosa, CA. He was 77 years old. On February
13, 2000, the final Sunday Peanuts newspaper strip appeared. "Charles
M. Schulz
(b. 1922) is the most widely syndicated cartoonist in history, with his
work appearing in over 2,300 newspapers. He has published more than
1,400 books, won Peabody and Emmy awards for his animated specials, and
is responsible for the most-produced musical in the American theatre,
entitled "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown". And all this
diversity and recognition and continuous success began over
50
years ago." (Illustration
House)
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