Fatherhood / Bill Cosby ; introduction and afterword by Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cosby, Bill, 1937-

Contributor:

Poussaint, Alvin F., writer of introduction, writer of afterword.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosby, Bill, 1937-.

Fathers--Humor.

Fathers.

Satire.

Local Subjects:

Fathers.

Satire.

Genre:

Humor.

Anecdotes.

Nonfiction.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

viii pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 178 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1986.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

A collection of ruminations, anecdotes, and vignettes based on Cosby's experiences as a son and father.

Contents:

Introduction / Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.

Is Three a Crowd?

With Bouquets and Back Rubs

These Beggars Are Choosers

Are They Evolution's Missing Link?

A Guru Would Give Up Too

She's Got the Whole World in Her Glands

The Fourth R Is Ridiculousness

Speak Loudly and Carry a Small Stick

Drowning in Old Spice

Your Crap or Mine?

Unsafe at Any Speed

The Attention Span of a Flea

Ivy-Covered Debt

Full-Time Job

Afterword / Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.

Notes:

"A Dolphin book."

"Jacket photograph © Barbra Walz. Jacket typography by Richard Adelson."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has dust jacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Cosby, Bill, 1937- Fatherhood.

ISBN:

0385234104

9780385234108

OCLC:

13123074