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| 1. | Death be truely not proud. |
| (Dominican Republic) April 15, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars |
| With the current trend of cutters, and suicidals, death is something people
are currently wishing more commonly than material things. For those
teenagers, like myself, that for simplest things wish to die and do not
cherish... read full review |
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| 2. | The Classic Story |
| (St. Louis, Mo. USA) December 23, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Beautiful. This is the best book I've ever read. John Gunther tells the
story of his only child's death in a non emotional, moving way. Johnny
Gunther died from a brain tumor when he was only seventeen years old, and
yet... read full review |
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| 3. | A Fight for Life |
| (New Jersey) January 24, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Don't let this title fool you, Death Be Not Proud, a Memoir is not the
story of death but the story for a fight for life. This true story is sad
but one of the best books I've read in a long time. It is sad in the sense
... read full review |
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| 4. | A wonderful heart-touching book!! |
| (Asuncion, Paraguay) May 8, 1999 - 5.0/5 stars |
| This book really transformed me because it had a new way of seeing life. A
17 year old boy dies of a brain tumor, and his father, John Gunther
describes his beloved child through the wonderful but strugling life... read full review |
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| 5. | A Fight for Life |
| (New Jersey) January 24, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Don't let this title fool you, Death Be Not Proud, a Memoir is not the
story of death but the story for a fight for life. This true story is sad
but one of the best books I've read in a long time. It is sad in the sense
... read full review |
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| 6. | human tragedy/triumph |
| (Hanover, NH USA) October 1, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars |
| If you haunt book sales as often as I do, you get very used to the sight of
John Gunther's "Inside ..." books. Starting with Inside Europe
in 1936, Gunther, who was one of the premier foreign correspondents... read full review |
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| 7. | Sad and True |
| (Wheaton, IL United States) July 22, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars |
| This might be the first book I read as a young boy which drew me to
tears.It is relatively short, and when I reread it as an adult, I found
myself awake deep into the night, turning each page in sorrow, knowing how
it... read full review |
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| 8. | A Fight for Life |
| (New Jersey) January 24, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Don't let this title fool you, Death Be Not Proud, A Memoir is not the
story of death but the story for a fight for life. This true story is sad
but one of the best books I've read in a long time. It is sad in the sense
... read full review |
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| 9. | A classic! A must-read book! |
| (Chicago, IL) February 18, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars |
| I read this book soon after seeing the TV movie of the same name
("Death Be Not Proud", 1975, starring Robby Benson), and it's a
story that has stuck with me ever since. It's the true-life story of a
young man's... read full review |
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| 10. | Never give up.. |
| (USA) May 31, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars |
| A boy of his intellect, one would never expect the end of his life at his
prime. After three operations, John Gunther Jr. had died at the age of
eighteen trageically of a brain tumor. Instead of allowing the disease to
take... read full review |
