Alan Abel (1) (1924–2018)
Autore di Don't Get Mad - Get Even
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Alan Irwin Abel was born in Zanesville, Ohio on August 2, 1924. He enlisted in the Army in 1943. After the war, he received a bachelor's degree in education from Ohio State University in 1950, with concentrations in speech, English, and social science. He was a jazz drummer and stand-up comic who mostra altro was later became a writer, campus lecturer, and filmmaker. He also became a professional hoaxer. His hoaxes included the founding of the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals, Yetta Bronstein's 1964 presidential campaign, Omar's School for Beggars, the Topless String Quartet, the Ku Klux Klan Symphony Orchestra, and faking his death in 1980. He and his wife Jeanne Abel wrote, produced, and directed two comic mock-documentaries entitled Is There Sex After Death? and The Faking of the President. His books included The Great American Hoax, The Confessions of a Hoaxer, and Don't Get Mad - Get Even!: A Manual for Retaliation. He died from complications of cancer and heart failure on September 14, 2018 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Alan Abel
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Abel, Alan Irwin
- Data di nascita
- 1924-08-02
- Data di morte
- 2018-09-14
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Zanesville, Ohio, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Southbury, Connecticut, USA
- Causa della morte
- cancer and heart disease
- Luogo di residenza
- Coschocton, Ohio, USA
Westport, Connecticut, USA - Istruzione
- Ohio State University
- Attività lavorative
- hoaxer
humourist
writer
filmmaker
drummer
lecturer - Relazioni
- Henry, Buck (colleague)
- Organizzazioni
- Society for Indecency to Naked Animals (SINA)
Yetta Bronstein for President (1968)
Omar's School for Beggars (New York, New York)
Females for Felons
Citizens Against Breastfeeding
Utenti
Liste
Catalog (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 6
- Utenti
- 52
- Popolarità
- #307,430
- Voto
- 3.0
- ISBN
- 13