King, Maxwell

Summary: Maxwell King delivers the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, telling the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, he traces Rogers's personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work, including a surprising decision to walk away from the show to make television for adults, only to...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 ROGERS, FRED KIN

King, Maxwell (Maxwell Evarts Perkins)

Summary: "Every weekday for decades, a kind man named Mister Rogers stepped through a door in his TV house, spoke directly into the camera while he changed from street clothes into a cardigan and sneakers, and sang, "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood." Offering unconditional love, this soft-spoken icon was a household name for tens of millions of children, as well as their parents who grew up...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2018

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 ROG

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROGERS, FRED KIN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B ROGERS KIN