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Around The World In 45 Years (Peanuts)

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This is a pretty good collection, although I think I would have enjoyed it more if Schulz has structured it like Scott Adams' recent "Seven Years of Highly Defective People" and Bill Watterson's "Tenth Anniversary Calvin & Hobbes" book, with notes about the comics underneath them, in the collection itself. But it's still good, with a (for some reason) out of order year of "Peanuts" strips and a very interesting, long essay about the strip by Schulz. The first part of the book is like a companion/follow-up to "Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Me."

I absolutely adored this book and so would any true fan of Charles Schulz! I enjoyed the text that went along with his cartoons in explaining how he got his ideas and how the Peanuts gang came to be. I feel that the cartoons chosen for this book are wonderful and this book remains a very special part of my collection!

This wonderful book was created to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Charles Schulz's creation of the Peanuts. The book starts out with several salutes to Charles Schulz, and then moves on to Schulz's reminisces of his life with the Peanuts. And then, the pièce de résistance, 153 pages of Peanuts cartoons! All of the normal gang is here, and we even get to meet Snoopy's brothers: Andy, Spike and Olaf.

This is a very nice book. My daughter found it, and bought it with her own money, and she is very happy with her purchase. We both highly recommend it to everyone. Buy this book!

A good volume to commemorate the career of one of the greatest cartoonists of all time. It's going to be fifty years, very soon!

A work by Schulz. The cover art alone make the book worth having. Great cartoons and words of wisdom from the best.

In 1994, "Peanuts" had appeared in newspapers for 45 consecutive years. Though not a traditional anniversary book, AROUND THE WORLD IN 45 YEARS is a book that was released to celebrate "Peanuts" 45th Anniversary. The book has a forward written by Lynn Johnston, creator of "For Better Or Worse". There's also a very short essay at the beginning of the book by Connie Boucher, the woman in charge of much of the "Peanuts" licensing. Approximately, the next 25 pages contain anecdotes written by Schulz accompanied by "Peanuts" strips that relate to the writings. This section is followed by a few, large, colored photos of Schulz. The rest of the book contains a year's worth of "Peanuts" strips. I'm not sure what year the strips are from, but they don't seem to be in correct order, for instance there's a baseball strip towards the end of the collection. AROUND THE WORLD IN 45 YEARS isn't a great "Peanuts" collection, but it is a book that "Peanuts" fans will probably enjoy, particularly for the essays.

This is no anniverssary book. I expected an historical trip and found only contemporary strips. Too much money for a year of some of the less interesting works of Schultz.