Brian Piccolo (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jeannie Morris
- First Published: 1971
- Time of Work: 1943–1971
- Setting: Massachusetts; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Chicago; New York City; and North Carolina
- Principal Characters: Brian Piccolo, Joy Piccolo, Edward Beattie, Gale Sayers, Dan Arnold, Carol Murrath
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Cancer, Death or dying, Sick persons, Athletes, Terminal illness or terminally ill, Biography, Football
- Locales: New York, NY, Chicago, IL, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Form and Content
In Brian 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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