In a poignant and offbeat memoir, the author describes his coming of age in a world dominated by his father's four eccentric brothers, whose zany presence transformed a lonely boy's life

Unstrung Heroes

Lidz, Franz

Biographies & Memoirs

Random House]

Unstrung Heroes: My Improbable Life with Four Impossible Uncles

Signet

Person, The: His Development throughout the Life Cycle by Lidz, Theodore. 8vo.

Person

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Basic Books

Traces the development of human personality from infancy to old age, paying attention to occupational choice, marital adjustment, and parenthood

Person, The Revised

Self-Help

Inner Child

A true tale of changing New York by Franz Lidz, whose Unstrung Heroes is a classic of hoarder lore. Homer and Langley Collyer moved into their handsome brownstone in white, upper-class Harlem in 1909. By 1947, however, when the fire department had to carry Homer's body out of the house he hadn't left in twenty years, the neighborhood had degentrified, and their house was a fortress of junk: in an attempt to preserve the past, Homer and Langley held on to everything they touched. The scandal of Homer's discovery, the story of his life, and the search for Langley, who was missing at the time, rocked the city; the story was on the front page of every newspaper for weeks. A quintessential New York story of quintessential New York characters, Ghosty Men is a perfect fit for Bloomsbury's Urban Historicals series. Praise for Unstrung Heroes: "Unusual and affecting...[a] melancholy, funny book, a loony tune played with touching disharmony..."-New York Times

Ghosty Men: The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers and My Uncle Arthur, New York's Greatest Hoarders (An Urban Historical)

History

Americas

Bloomsbury USA

Presents a collection of humorous stories about golf around the world gleaned from the author's personal experience, including stories about a golf tournament for fat people and a course where the caddies are llamas.

Fairway to Hell: Around the World in 18 Holes

Sports & Outdoors

Biographies

ESPN

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