Title

The older the fiddle, the better the tune : the joys of reaching a certain age

Description

The author collects advice, anecdotes, and opinions from friends, family, and celebrities--including Maya Angelou, Yogi Berra, Bill Cosby, and others--to capture the joys of turning older and the challenges that accompany the process.

Identifier

1104587

786868929

Creator

Scott, Willard

Format

1st ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

2003

Program air date: July 13, 2003

Publisher

Hyperion

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Front endpapers contain a list of names of people who are quoted in the book: Gerard Damerval, James Garfield, Groucho Marx, Ben Franklin, Thomas Hardy, Henry O. Thoreau, Mark Twain, Douglas MacArthur, Charles Dickens, Longfellow, W. Somerset Maugham, Shakespeare, Gene McCarthy, George Bush, Robert Novak, Jack Valenti, Ed Koch, Paul Simon, Dick Thornburgh, Pete Seeger, The amazing Kreskin.

Subject

"Older people."

"Older people--Biography."

"Older people--Conduct of life."

"Self-realization in old age."

"Aging."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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