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Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon
Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon
by: Melissa Anelli
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by: Melissa Anelli
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9781416554950
ISBN: 1416554955
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: November 04, 2008
Publisher: Pocket
Studio: Pocket
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***Featuring a Foreword by J.K. Rowling***
The Harry Potter Books Were Just the Beginning of the Story. . .
During the brief span of just one decade, hundreds of millions of perfectly ordinary people made history: they became the only ones who would remember what it was like when the Harry Potter saga was still unfinished. What it was like to seek out friends, families, online forums, fan fiction, and podcasts to get a fix between novels. When the death of a character was a hotter bet than the World Series. When the unfolding story of a boy wizard changed the way books are read for all time.
And as webmistress of The Leaky Cauldron, one of the most popular Harry Potter sites on the Internet, Melissa Anelli had a front row seat to it all. Whether it was helping Scholastic stop leaks and track down counterfeiters, hosting live PotterCasts at bookstores across the country, touring with the wizard rock band Harry and the Potters, or traveling to Edinburgh to interview J. K. Rowling personally, Melissa was at the center of the Harry Potter tornado, and nothing about her life would ever be the same.
The Harry Potter books are a triumph of the imagination that did far more than break sales records for all time. They restored the worlds sense of wonder, and took on a magical life of their own. Now the series has ended, but the story is not over. With remembrances from J. K. Rowlings editors, agents, publicists, fans, and Rowling herself, Melissa Anelli takes us on a personal journey through every aspect of the Harry Potter phenomenonfrom his very first spell to his lasting impact on the way we live and dream.
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For all the fanfare this book has gotten, I'm not entirely sure all of it is deserved. It is a lovely look back at how the Harry Potter fandom evolved and got to where it is today, but there are some issues I do have with the book. One of the things I noticed was that Melissa told the book like it was a novel, a ... Read More
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I agree with some of the other reviews in that, while I enjoyed "Harry, a History," it wasn't quite the book I was hoping for. This is very much a personal memoir, and perhaps should have been called "Harry & Me: My Own Personal Journey Through the Harry Potter Phenomenon." As such, to be honest, it's quite interesting. ... Read More
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Unfortunately, I only purchased this because Amazon suggested it when I purchased "The Tales of Beadle the Bard." It was a big waste of my time. A history of Harry Potter intrigued me because I love the books so much, but I expected much more material about J.K. Rowling and the history of writing the books. The author of ... Read More
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