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Dan Wakefield


Born
in Indianapolis, Indiana, The United States
May 21, 1932

Died
March 13, 2024

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Average rating: 3.88 · 7,466 ratings · 1,001 reviews · 44 distinct works • Similar authors
Going All the Way
3.63 avg rating — 373 ratings — published 1970 — 27 editions
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New York in the 50s
3.83 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1992 — 14 editions
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Kurt Vonnegut: The Making o...
4.30 avg rating — 110 ratings — 4 editions
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Under the Apple Tree: A Nov...
3.69 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1982 — 14 editions
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The Hijacking of Jesus: How...
3.60 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions
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Starting Over
3.81 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1972 — 19 editions
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The Story of Your Life: Wri...
4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions
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Returning: A Spiritual Journey
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3.45 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions
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Home Free
3.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1977 — 12 editions
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Selling Out
3.55 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1986 — 5 editions
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“Odadaki file işaret eden, kralın çıplaklığını gören kişiydi. (Kurt Vonnegut)”
― Dan Wakefield, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
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“Perhaps you will learn from this that books are sacred to free men for very good reasons, and that wars have been fought against nations which hate books and burn them. If you are an American, you must allow all ideas to circulate freely in your community, not merely your own. . . .”
― Dan Wakefield, Kurt Vonnegut: The Making of a Writer
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“Put us up shit crick without a paddle,” Bud said.”
― Dan Wakefield, Going All the Way: A Novel
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