Forever Hold Your Banner High!: The Story of the Mickey Mouse Club and What Happened to the Mouseketeers [Hardcover]

Jerry G Bowles (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1976

Who led the club that was created for me and you?

If you grew up on television in the fifties you know the answer to that question: M-i-c-k-e-y, M-o-u-s-e - MICKEY MOUSE! It was all part of a curious childhood ritual known as "The Mickey Mouse Club Show." But have you ever wondered what happened to the fascinating "Mousketeers" who appeared regularly on the series? Jerry Bowles decided to find out, and the result is Forever Hold Your Banner High - a delightful inside look at the lives of the men and women, boys and girls, who created it.

All their stories are here - from Jimmie and Roy to Annette, Bobby, Cubby, Karen and Darlene - along with countless anecdotes about the making of one of the most successful TV ahows ever aired. This is a book to delight any child of the fifties, and anyone who wants a close-up view of The Mouse Club - an authentic phenomenon of American popular culture.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 151 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.; 1St Edition edition (1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385116225
• ISBN-13: 978-0385116220
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,304,778 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Look at the 30-Something Mouseketeers, October 22, 1999

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John M Flora "olioscourge.blogspot.com" (Brookland, AR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forever Hold Your Banner High!: The Story of the Mickey Mouse Club and What Happened to the Mouseketeers (Hardcover)

This "where are they now" book about the Mickey Mouse Club stars was published in the mid-1970s and is a good snapshot of what their lives were like some 15 years after the Mouse Club. Obviously, much has happened since then - Annette is gravely ill with multiple sclerosis and Karen is a paraplegic, to mention two examples. Still, for those of us who rushed home every afternoon after school to commune with our Mouseketeer friends, Jerry Bowles' midlife memoir is worth reading.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Collectors' Item, February 7, 2011

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marksutherland - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forever Hold Your Banner High!: The Story of the Mickey Mouse Club and What Happened to the Mouseketeers (Hardcover)

Filled a gap in the mid-Seventies. More readable and interesting and with fewer mistakes than "The Mickey Mouse Club Scrapbook" [or "...Handbook"; Sorry, I've forgotten] of a few lears later. "Why? Because We Still Like You!" borrows very heavily from it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun reading, December 24, 2011

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Pamela Keesler (Kalamazoo, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forever Hold Your Banner High!: The Story of the Mickey Mouse Club and What Happened to the Mouseketeers (Hardcover)

This book is a lot of fun to read. The information is, of course, dated, but the stories behind the scenes and the history of the Mickey Mouse Club are interesting. It was a story of an innocent time, and it was part of my growing up.