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The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: How Characters of Fiction, Myth, Legends, Television, and Movies Have Shaped Our Society, Changed Our Behavior, and Set the Course of History Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.480973
EAN: 9780061132216
ISBN: 0061132217
Label: Harper Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: October 01, 2006
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Release Date: October 17, 2006
Sales Rank: 96332
Studio: Harper Paperbacks
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Product Description:
From Santa Claus to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from Uncle Sam to Uncle Tom, here is a compelling, eye-opening, and endlessly entertaining compendium of fictional trendsetters and world-shakers who have helped shape our culture and our lives. The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived offers fascinating histories of our most beloved, hated, feared, and revered invented icons and the indelible marks they made on civilization, including:
# 28: Rosie the Riveter, the buff, blue-collar factory worker who helped jump-start the Women's Liberation movement
# 7: Siegfried, the legendary warrior-hero of Teutonic nationalism responsible for propelling Germany into two world wars
# 80: Icarus, the headstrong high-flyer who inspired the Wright brothers and humankind's dreams of defying gravity . . . while demonstrating the pressing need for flight insurance
# 58: Saint Valentine, the hapless, de-canonized loser who lost his heart and head at about the same time
# 43: Barbie, the bodacious plastic babe who became a role model for millions of little girls, setting an impossible standard for beauty and style
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Though I can and would quibble with who made their list (for example I probably would have been more inclined to include Hannibal Lechter and less inclined to include Buffy the Vampire Slayer) but I can't quibble with their mission.
In history, mythology, literature, theatre, novels and more recently, movies and television, culture's so called mythical characters often have more influence than the real flesh and blood ones.
In terms of history, (perhaps stupidly) I was surprised ... Read More
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When I got this book, I expected to find educated views about the historical/cultural significance of each of the "people" that never lived. Why and how would they consider these particular characters the most influential? Amazingly, this book doesn't even discuss the influence of the characters on society throughout history or why they have so much staying power in our hearts and imaginations. Instead, the authors provide boring summaries of what the characters "did," or how they were created and by whom. ... Read More
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Really cool book -- we are or aspire to be like those who never existed. Been passing this book around and talking about it. People don't realize how influenced (or biased) they are especially in thought by those who never existed. Great Read.
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I gave this to my 17. y.o. sister for her birthday. She is impossible to shop for but lovedThe 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: How Characters of Fiction, Myth, Legends, Television, and Movies Have Shaped Our Society, Changed Our Behavior, and Set the Course of History. The Marlboro Man, Barbie, Santa Clause, Joe Came, the Wandering Jew and Mamie are a few of the many fascinating inclusions. The book is divided by category and easily read in chunks. The list is completely subjective of course, but ... Read More
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I gave this book 3 stars because I think the concept is great. The title is right up my alley. That being said, I read about 5 characters, and then started skipping around because I was bored. I was bored not by the choices, but because I think they summarized what we already know more than they showed the connection between the characters and today. For instance, all of the greek/roman myth selections basically retold the myth, and then left maybe a paragraph to show why it matters. I am familiar with myths, ... Read More
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