Paul Harvey's the Rest of the Story

by Paul Aurandt Jr. and Paul Harvey

Book Overview

Paul Harvey is the most listened-to radio personality in America. Millions of loyal listeners tune in every week to hear his unique blend of news and views. Now, in Paul Harvey's The Rest Of The Story... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553208934
• ISBN13: 9780553208931
• Release Date: September 1978
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An outstanding resource for copywriters and storytellers

Paul Harvey is a master at condensing the essence of a story into a few short paragraphs. These transcripts of his popular syndicated radio program serve as great models for anyone looking to create intriguing little stories for business presentations and sales letters. Highly recommended.

Hidden History

As Napoleon indicated, History is the lies upon which we've all agreed. There is no such thing as a work of history that doesn't leave some important element out. Partly that's to make history more palatable for a new generation -- who really wants to know about dentistry in the Colonial era when we're reading about George Washington and his false teeth? No matter what the reason, though, once an item is left out of history it tends to disappear permanently.Unless Paul Harvey Jr. gets his hands on it.Paul Harvey Jr, who writes the short vignettes for his father's radio show "The Rest of the Story," has a gift for uncovering forgotten facts. Did you know there was another Three Stooges? Did you know Jack Benny was invited to join the Marx Brothers? Did you know one of our Founding Fathers kept his wife chained in the basement because of persistent congenital madness? I hadn't known that.This book is an incomplete collection of Harvey's vignettes for his father's show. Some are published under the name "Paul Aurendt," and if you can find them, jump on them with both feet. However, this book provides a good primer for the forgotten corners of history, and also allows you to own copies of the vignettes Harvey has made famous over the last 25 years. One can only hope that Harvey's example will inspire more historians to investigate the forgotten corners of history and find what's been otherwise forgotten. I'd buy more of these books if more of them were available.

It's a definite must read!

I was first introduced to "The Rest of the Story" when I was 10 yrs. old I loved it then and I love it now that I'm 24. It is incredibly interesting, amusing and a definite must read for those who are interested in obscure yet fascinating tidbits of information about anything and everything.

Truly a literary accomplishment!

A wonderful book! Paul Harvey has the unique quality of finding the mysterious, revealing it, and providing a life lesson at the same time! A marvelous read.