Timothy J Rakarich
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American Mirror
- The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell
- By: Deborah Solomon
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 19 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 56
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 57
"Welcome to Rockwell Land," writes Deborah Solomon in the introduction to this spirited and authoritative biography of the painter who provided 20th-century America with a defining image of itself. As the star illustrator of The Saturday Evening Post for nearly half a century, Norman Rockwell mingled fact and fiction in paintings that reflected the we-the-people, communitarian ideals of American democracy. But who was this man who served as our unofficial "artist in chief" and bolstered our country's national identity?
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1 out of 5 stars
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this book is based on opinion not facts!!!
- By Daniel on 01-10-15
- American Mirror
- The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell
- By: Deborah Solomon
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
Good book but...
Reviewed: 12-09-16
Though I did enjoy the book, I did feel that the author's narrative of Rockwell being a repressed homosexual was very heavy handed. At many points throughout the novel I felt the Deborah Solomon would lead us down a path of accusations but would always end with a form of "I'm not sayin', but I'm just sayin'...".
Take away that aspect of the book and I feel it was a solid read.
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