| Authors: |
Colt, George Howe.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Brothers -- Case studies.
Colt, George Howe -- Family.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Scribner, 2012. |
| Description: |
x, 465 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781416547778 1416547770 9781416547785 1416547789 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents: |
The Colt boys -- Good brother, bad brother: Edwin and John Wilkes Booth -- The fallout shelter -- Brother against brother: John and Will Kellogg -- Baseball -- Brother's keeper: Vincent and Theo Van Gogh -- Under the influence -- Brothers Inc.: Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo Marx -- Aerogrammes -- The lost brother: John and Henry David Thoreau -- The Colt men. |
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| Summary: |
In alternate chapters, Colt moves from a quest to understand how his own brothers shaped his life to an examination of the complex relationships between iconic brothers in history. |