Brian Piccolo
by Jeannie Morris
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At a glance:
- Author: Jeannie Morris
- First Published: 1971
- Time of Work: 19431971
- Setting: Massachusetts; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Chicago; New York City; and North Carolina
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Cancer, Death or dying, Sick persons, Athletes, Terminal illness or terminally ill, Biography, Football
- Locales: United States, North Carolina, Massachusetts, North America, New York, New York, Chicago, Illinois, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Form and Content
InBrian Piccolo: A Short Season, Jeannie Morris has compiled a narrative of Piccolo’s life using interviews with family and friends, the medical records of his hospital admissions, and Piccolo’s personal writings. The book tells the story of Piccolo’s life and battle with cancer in a somewhat scattered fashion by interspersing accounts of his youth, his high school years, and his college career with an account of his struggle against cancer. The biography can be confusing at times because Morris’ narrative jumps from third to first person and...
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