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Bach, Richard (1936—) Summary
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Richard Bach, a pilot and aviation writer, achieved success as a new age author with the publication of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a novel that Bach maintains was the result of two separate visionary experiences over a period of eight years....
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Richard David Bach (b. June 23,1936, Oak Park, Illinois) is an American writer. He is widely known as the author of the hugely popular 1970s best-sellers Jonathan Livingston Seagull, "Illusions, The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah" and others. He...


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Richard Bach (born 23 June 1936 ) is American author See also: Jonathan Livingston Seagull Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977) 1.2 The Bridge Across Forever (1984) 1.3 Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the...


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Strings
Bach
08/01/2000: 1,622 words, approx. 5 pages
Anniversary Treats for String Players The Romanian-French aphorist M. Cioran once wrote, "If there's someone who owes everything to Bach, it's God. Without Bach, God would be a third-rate character." Some music lovers may also feel they owe nearly everything to Bach. Certainly...
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The Boston Herald
New Age author Richard Bach is back with series of ferret novels.(Arts and Lifestyle)
07/23/2002: 824 words, approx. 3 pages
Richard Bach may be best known for making a seagull famous, but his true love seems to be creatures of the earth, not the sky. Ask the author of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" about his nine ferrets and you'll get rapturous descriptions of...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Critical Essay by Arthur G. Hansen
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There is no doubt that Bach is passionate about the realm of flight. In fact, flying to Bach is almost a religious experience, and his final essay in [A Gift of Wings] comes close to saying just that…. If the sky is symbolic of God, the airplane becomes the physical entity coalescing with the human spirit to provide the ritualistic act of worship. The airplane becomes an extension of the flyer. No mere assemblage of nuts and bolts, it is capable of responses (so Bach would claim) that almost transcen...
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Critical Essay by Jean Caffey Lyles
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[Some] reviewers have not hesitated to place Jonathan alongside Antoine de Saint Exupéry's small classic [The Little Prince]. It is true that Saint-Exupéry, like Richard Bach, was an aviator, but—though this may be heresy to Jonathan-cultists—that's where the resemblance ends. Bach's heavy-handed allegory is no match for the whimsical charm and gentle wit of The Little Prince…. (p. 1186) Jonathan's success in the general book trade is another ph...


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