Title: Rare birds
First published: November 2000
Description: "What does a writer do when he's got a family that includes a blacklisted member of the Hollywood Ten, the brains behind Tony the Tiger and the Marlboro Man, a trio of gay puppeteers, the world's leading birdwatcher, 1960s hippies, a Dutch stowaway who served in an all-black regiment during the American Civil War, and a convicted murderer? He tells their stories and secrets, illuminating 150 years of American life along the way."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Family
People: Bessie family, Alvah Cecil Bessie (1904-1985), Burnett family, Dan Bessie
LC classification: CT274.B465 B47 2001