Brothers: What the Van Goghs, Booths, Marxes, Kelloggs--And Colts--Tell Us about How Siblings Shape Our Lives and History

by George Howe Colt

Book Overview

From the bestselling National Book Award finalist, a "masterful blend of history and memoir" ( San Francisco Chronicle ) featuring the author's three brothers as well as iconic brothers in history--John and Henry David Thoreau; Vincent and Theo van Gogh; John Harvey and Will Kellogg; Edwin and John Wilkes Booth; and Harpo, Chico, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo Marx. EDWIN BOOTH GREW UP TO BECOME THE GREATEST ACTOR ON THE nineteenth-century American stage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416547789
• ISBN13: 9781416547785
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.9"