Life Smiles Back

by Kunhardt, Philip B.

• ISBN13: 9780671672225
• ISBN10: 0671672223
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-09-15
• Publisher: Touchstone

Summary

Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr.,was managing editor atLifemagazine from 1978 to 1982. He recently editedLife: The First 50 Years,which was aNew York Timesbest-seller. Mr. Kunhardt lives in Chappaqua, New York.

Author Biography

Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., was managing editor at Life magazine from 1978 to 1982. He recently edited Life: The First 50 Years, which was a New York Times best-seller. Mr. Kunhardt lives in Chappaqua, New York.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 is all about TAKING IT EASY
CHAPTER 2 concerns CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
CHAPTER 3 displays some arresting SIGNS OF THE TIMES
CHAPTER 4 offers some scenes NOT FAR FROM HOME
CHAPTER 5 plays a game of HEADS OR TAILS
CHAPTER 6 explores some themes found in A DAY'S WORK
CHAPTER 7 is FOR THE BIRDS
CHAPTER 8 celebrates BOYS AND GIRLS
CHAPTER 9 is ALL WET
CHAPTER 10 repeats a few examples of SMALL TALK
CHAPTER 11 takes pleasure in THE SPORTING LOOK
CHAPTER 12 is a miscellaneous collection of LAST LAUGHS

Excerpts

CHAPTER 1

Is all about

TAKING IT EASY

Cool Babe

In Big Spring, Texas, eight-month-old Liam Sean Horey spends his first summer in buoyant bliss.

Hi Tech

To ward off chills and sneezes in the Usti Zoo, Czechoslovakian chimps get a daily bake from a sunlamp.

This hot dog is some cool cat as he beats the heat in Philadelphia.

Pack Animals Packed

In Algeria, a donkey gets a piggyback.

In England, a dwarf donkey travels in a satchel.

Winkin',

In Australia, a koala bear demonstrates what sloth is all about.

Blinkin',

Meanwhile, in French Guiana, a sloth displays the real thing.

and Nod

A proboscis monkey takes his ease after a swim in the South China Sea.

Getting Away from It All

An ingenious postman in Idaho takes refuge from the rain in a mail storage box.

Gordon Breland of Charleston, South Carolina, perches

atop his favorite getaway.

Playing It Cool

In Chicago, a polar bear drapes himself over a frozen snowbank.

In San Francisco, Old Lionface waits for afternoon tea.

Bathing Beauties

Frieda's bath has been drawn, a warm towel awaits her, and now she can lean back and relax in her kitchen sink turned hot tub.

What smoother, cooler pool for a puss to curl up in?

Kitten comfort in a Massachusetts slipper.

Sweet Dreams

Guess who won the shoving match in Mississippi.

A contented siesta in Tanganyika.

Copyright © 1987 by Time Inc.

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Excerpted from Life Smiles Back: More Than 200 Classic Photos from the Famous Back Page of America's Favorite Magazine by Philip B. Kunhardt
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