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Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon | 
| Author: Melissa Anelli
Creator: J.k. Rowling
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
List Price: $16.00
Buy New: $8.75
You Save: $7.25 (45%)
Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 3283
Media: Paperback
Pages: 368
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 1416554955
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9781416554950
ASIN: 1416554955
Publication Date: November 4, 2008
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Product Description
Product Description:
***Featuring a Foreword by J.K. Rowling***
The Harry Potter Books Were Just the Beginning of the Story. . .
During the brief span of just one decade, hundreds of millions of perfectly ordinary people made history: they became the only ones who would remember what it was like when the Harry Potter saga was still unfinished. What it was like to seek out friends, families, online forums, fan fiction, and podcasts to get a fix between novels. When the death of a character was a hotter bet than the World Series. When the unfolding story of a boy wizard changed the way books are read for all time.
And as webmistress of The Leaky Cauldron, one of the most popular Harry Potter sites on the Internet, Melissa Anelli had a front row seat to it all. Whether it was helping Scholastic stop leaks and track down counterfeiters, hosting live PotterCasts at bookstores across the country, touring with the wizard rock band Harry and the Potters, or traveling to Edinburgh to interview J. K. Rowling personally, Melissa was at the center of the Harry Potter tornado, and nothing about her life would ever be the same.
The Harry Potter books are a triumph of the imagination that did far more than break sales records for all time. They restored the worlds sense of wonder, and took on a magical life of their own. Now the series has ended, but the story is not over. With remembrances from J. K. Rowlings editors, agents, publicists, fans, and Rowling herself, Melissa Anelli takes us on a personal journey through every aspect of the Harry Potter phenomenonfrom his very first spell to his lasting impact on the way we live and dream.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 43 more reviews...
 JUST FOR FUN! January 6, 2009
Phyllis J. Edberg (Bedford, Ohio United States)
This was such fun to read and I am so full of admiration for J. K. Rowling.
i am glad I bought this book!
 Not Exactly... January 3, 2009
David Cady (Jersey City, NJ USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I agree with some of the other reviews in that, while I enjoyed "Harry, a History," it wasn't quite the book I was hoping for. This is very much a personal memoir, and perhaps should have been called "Harry & Me: My Own Personal Journey Through the Harry Potter Phenomenon." As such, to be honest, it's quite interesting. No one, after all, has had the ringside seat that Anelli has had these past ten years, and she provides fascinating detail into some of the HP world's more esoteric sides, particularly involving its obsessive fans. Personally, however, I'm far less interested in wizard rock, fan fiction and HP conventions (do we really need a whole chapter on each?), and would have loved more of JK Rowling and the genesis of the books. Hopefully this is something of which Rowling herself is going to write in future, as well as her inspirations and creative process. I would also have liked more information on the films, their casting process, the development of the screen plays etc. Again, perhaps this is a subject Steve Kloves and Warner Brothers will address sometime down the line, when the films have been completed. In any event, as a title "Harry, a History" is somewhat misleading. Don't get me wrong: For the avid HP fan, this is an invaluable source of interesting tidbits, and one gets a vicarious thrill following Anelli's journey from fan to fanatic to insider. She's a pretty good writer, and a friendly, humble presence throughout; she's very much "one of us," and never less than pleasant company. All in all, I enjoyed "Harry, a History" quite a bit..but it wasn't the comprehensive, encyclopedic analysis of the HP phenomenon for which I was hoping.
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