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  • Bibliography:
    7 Books
  • First Book:
    June 1974
  • Latest Book:
    July 2013
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Book List in Order: 7 titles



  • A bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana, reissued in a strikingly designed trade paperback edition. Before Garrison Keillor and Spalding Gray there was Jean Shepherd: a master monologist and writer who spun the materials of his all...



  • A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana -- the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film and the live musical on Fox. The holiday film A Christmas Story, first released in 1983, has become a bona fide Christ...



  • From the wild and wacky world of favorite funnyman Jean Shepherd, a dozen truer-than-life tales of tailgating on the Jersey Tumpike, infuriating infants, and other everyday catastrophes, defeats, and humiliations that are the familiar fate of America...



  • A bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana and the basis of the movie A Christmas Story.“Mr. Shepherd has the true satirist’s grip on his pen: he is humorous, sympathetic,and ironic all at once.” -- Boston GlobeBefore Garrison Ke...



  • "Disclaimer: No U.S. Military Personnel were harmed during the making of these fictional reminiscences. No warrior is more forgotten than he who has been left behind by the war department. Most men who have never tasted combat beyond the occasional f...



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    Jean Shepherd was one of America’s favorite humorists, his most notable achievement being the creation of the indefatigable Ralphie Parker and his quest for a BB gun in the holiday classic A Christmas Story. But he was so much more, a comic Garriso...



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    A collection of humorous and nostalgic Americana stories -- the beloved, bestselling classics that inspired the movie A Christmas StoryBefore Garrison Keillor and Spalding Gray there was Jean Shepherd: a master monologist and writer who spun the mate...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jean Shepherd has published 7 books.

Jean Shepherd does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Shep's Army, was published in July 2013.

The first book by Jean Shepherd, Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters, was published in June 1974.

No. Jean Shepherd does not write books in series.