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Deeply moving, this true story relates a father's recollection of his son's courageous and spirited battle against the brain tumor that would take his life at the age of seventeen.
- Sales Rank: #2707657 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Buccaneer Books
- Published on: 1997-12-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .87" h x 5.84" w x 8.82" l, .99 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 231 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
About the Author
John Gunther was born on August 30, 1901 on the North Side of Chicago. He was one of the best known and most admired journalists of his day, and his series of "Inside" books, starting with Inside Europe in 1936, were immensely popular profiles of the major world powers. One critic noted that it was Gunther's special gift to "unite the best qualities of the newspaperman and the historian." It was a gift that readers responded to enthusiastically. The "Inside" books sold 3,500,000 copies over a period of thirty years.
While publicly a bon vivant and modest celebrity, Gunther in his private life suffered disappointment and tragedy. He and Frances Fineman, whom he married in 1927, had a daughter who died four months after her birth in 1929. The Gunthers divorced in 1944. In 1947, their beloved son Johnny died after a long, heartbreaking fight with brain cancer. Gunther wrote his classic memoir Death Be Not Proud, which was published in 1949, to commemorate the courage and spirit of this extraordinary boy. Gunther remarried in 1948, and he and his second wife, Jane Perry Vandercook, adopted a son. John Gunther died on May 29, 1970.
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173 of 178 people found the following review helpful.
"And soonest our best men with thee do go" -- John Donne
By Loren D. Morrison
John Gunther wrote DEATH BE NOT PROUD as a moving record of the last months of the life of his son, Johnny, who had died, as the result of a brain tumor, at the age of seventeen. Throughout his long and painful fight for his life, Johnny had maintained a cheerful outlook, and continued to hope that, somehow, he would go on. His father, in writing this book, made sure that Johnny did go on.
I'm sad that some of the younger (I assume) reviewers of this book found it wanting in pathos, or whatever it was that they thought was missing. Perhaps, with the coming of maturity, they will realize what a remarkable book it is. The fact that John Gunther was able to write this book at all, probably with tears in his eyes, was an amazing feat.
The death of a child is probably the most heart-wrenching loss that anyone can experience. I know. I, too, lost a son aged seventeen. That was 21 years ago, just three months after my son's seventeenth birthday. The pain of that loss is still with me after all those years. Just writing a review of John Gunther's book is almost too much. How much more difficult must it have been for Gunther to write DEATH BE NOT PROUD within two years of Johnny's death.
In spite of his own pain, Gunther wrote this book in hopes that other children and their parents who might find themselves in a similar situation "may derive some modicum of succor from the unflinching fortitude . . . . with which he (Johnny) rode through his ordeal to the end."
Before Johnny died he wrote a poem of prayer that ended as follows:
"Accept my gratitude
for all thy gifts
and I shall try
to fight the good fight. Amen"
And this when he knew he hadn't long to live. What a remarkable young man!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
A More Meaningful Read Thirty Years Later
By Alane
This book was brought to me by my now deceased grandfather more than 30 years ago. He was a fan of John Gunther Sr., and was deeply touched by John Jr.'s indomitable and loving spirit. As a young teen, I too was impressed with John Jr. I recently thought of the book when someone mentioned the actor Robby Benson. As a nurse and more importantly a mother of three, including a boy of Jr.s age, I felt a need to reread this memoir. I was immediately struck by three things: how far medicine has come since the late 1940s, the beautiful writing style of the author, and of course the depth and commitment of both of John Jr.s parents as they came together despite being divorced to love, and help make their son's journey easier. Part of what really touched my heart was the way each parent met John Jr.s needs in such different manners. This book could have turned into a maudlin "why us" story. The fact that it never did is both a testament to the author himself, and the very special young man at the center of the memoir. It is a wonderful read that spans the test of time. Additionally, I would like to add that despite all of medicine's advances, even now in the 21rst century, a similar diagnosis is just as serious, as I am reading another touching memoir called " Maryn's Hope-Memoir of a Beautiful Life by her mother Annette Cells.
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saving my son
By shirley
It is a real hard thing to try to make you understand what I have to say, only just say it. when I was in school and about 12 years old I bought this book. I read it over and over. It touched me more than I can say. The story is told by John Gunther. The story of his sons life with brain cancer. Johnny was only 17 years old when died, He spent years upon this earth in his 17 years. His whole family was changed by this young boy. That is to be expected of any family. But this was much different than you could ever think unless you live it. reading this book can bring love, hate, joy, hurt, and a new meaning to life for you and the love for your children and others. I know ! I was not there, but with God,a great doctor, and the impression this book was to my son. I got to keep my son 11 more years. You see, my son read this book when he was about 12 years old. I was so attached to this book I kept it for all these years. Some how even as a child I had a heart felt feeling as though Johnny was my own. And then one day he was!! In my own son! He had brain tumors most his life. He lived much as Johnny did. When the time came for my sons first surgery he refuged to have the surgery. It was so sever when they found it they had to do the surgery right away. My son said no. He was 14 years old. I was devastated, the doctors did not even say he would live at all. They expected the worse. but wanted to take the chance and I sure wanted that also. But my son still said no! The surgery was scheduled but he kept to , No!! Then the day before the surgery was planned his doctor came in to try to talk to us and make him understand how much this would mean to him. As the doctor sat on the bed beside my son, he ask his doctor had he ever heard of Johnny Gunther and the doctor said yes. He asked have you ever read the book? The doctor said yes. He asked was he like Johnny. The doctor said we need to find out for sure. we need to do the surgery. The doctor looked at my son and said, my father taught the doctor who did Johnny's' surgery. and took care of him. We all looked at the doctor with disbelief but the doctor repeated it and said I promise. My son reached and hugged the doctor and said ok do the surgery. We all cried that day, and hugged so much, the doctor did not want to leave that room. The doctors told me don't hope but pray as hard as we could. The next day he was in surgery for 8 and1/2 hours. I asked if I could stand in the hall while they wheeled him from recovery to ICU they said I could and approx. 21 others who were there for his surgery. As I saw the bed turn the corner I ran to the bed. I said I love you my baby. He opened the eye not covered and with his hand reached out for mine and said "momma I love you, too". No way to describe that moment. He lived the rest of his life much as Johnny did. He went to live in heaven in 1997. Please read the book. My book got lost, Never did I ever expect to see it again. So I just tried, gave it a long shot never believing I would ever find one again. And on amazon they found that book with the same cover as mine. Looked just like it, with a little wonderful ware just as mine did. What a wonder life is. Only at amazon!
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