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Jean Shepherd


Born
in Chigaco, Illinois, The United States
July 26, 1921

Died
October 16, 1999

Genre
Humor


Jean Parker "Shep" Shepherd Jr. was an American storyteller, humorist, radio and TV personality, writer, and actor. With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is known for the film A Christmas Story (1983), which he narrated and co-scripted on the basis of his own semi-autobiographical stories. ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 13,661 ratings · 1,638 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors
A Christmas Story
4.07 avg rating — 6,092 ratings — published 1983 — 20 editions
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In God We Trust: All Others...
3.88 avg rating — 5,159 ratings — published 1966 — 30 editions
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Wanda Hickey's Night of Gol...
4.26 avg rating — 1,375 ratings — published 1971 — 20 editions
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A Fistful of Fig Newtons
4.05 avg rating — 581 ratings — published 1981 — 13 editions
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The Ferrari in the Bedroom
3.84 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1972 — 11 editions
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Shep's Army: Bummers, Blist...
3.63 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions
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Life Is
3.75 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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The Phantom of the Open Hea...
4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions
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County Fair!
4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1990
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Ticket to Ride
3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008
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“The reality of what we really are is often times found in the small snips, way down at the bottom of things.”
― Jean Shepherd
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“I had woven a tapestry of obscenity that as far as I know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan. ”
― Jean Shepherd, A Christmas Story
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“Semicolon, you dolt!”
― Jean Shepherd, A Christmas Story
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Its time for the holidays!! For the December 2013 book selection poll, we have a group of Christmas books to choose from ranging in holiday classic - to holiday comedy. ▬ This poll will remain open until Saturday November 23rd or until all 10 votes have been cast.

 
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