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THE EVANSVILLE PRESS Friday Dacambar 28 1990 5 Best reading explores life of Harry Chapin Bookmarks 'TAXI: The Harry Chapin by Peter Coan (Carol Publishing Group $1495) AModatad Preaa NONFICTION 1 Life On The by Charles Kuralt (Putnam $1995) 2 Civil War" by Geoffrey Ward et al (Knopf $50) 3 Way Of Deception" by Victor Ostrovsky (St Martins $2295) 4 by John Bradshaw (Bantam $1895) 5 Knows by Bo Jackson (Doubleday $1895) 6 To The by Barbara Mandrell (Bantam $1995) 7 To The by Melvin Morse (Vil-lard $1795) 8 Dean Program For Reversing Heart by Dean Ornish (Random House $2495) 9 Just by Deborah Tannen (Morrow $1895) 10 American by Ronald Reagan (Simon Schuster $2495) These are the most requested books in a survey of libraries in 150 US cities FICTION 1 Plains Of by Jean Auel (Crown $2495) 2 Witching Hour" by Anne Rice (Knopf $2495) 3 Past by Stephen King (Viking $2295) 4 by Dick Francis (Putnam $1995) 5 Of Midnight" by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow $2195) 6 by AS Byatt (Random House $2295) 7 by Larry McMurtry (Simon Schuster $1995) 8 by Judith Krantz (Crown $2195) 9 by Jackie Collins (Simon Schuster $2195) 10 Man In by Colleen McCullough (Morrow $2295) Chapin who often toured with the singer It took seven years to research interview and write Harry Chapin's life story and another nine years of legal infighting to bring the book to fruition The legal skirmishes began on July 21 1981 only five days after fatal car accident when Peter Coan received a letter from the Chapin estate stating that the author no longer had the rights to the book-in-progress and that if he did not retom all materials related to to lawyer he would be sued Alleging several years of interference by Sandy Chapin Peter Coan sued the Chapin estate in 1984 and won a $65000 set famous songs Taxi He was also a performer who was recognized for his humanitarian causes Chapin's involvement with world hunger helped spur widespread concern He lobbied Congress to support a Presidential Commission on world hunger After his death 30 congressmen and ten senators rose on the floor of the House to offer eulogies This book is a straightforward biography not necessarily a fan biography It is an account of Chapin's life and the things that influenced him The main detraction of early copies of the book was an abundance of typographical errors which will hopefully be cleaned out of future editions tlement in May 1990 Coan remarks biggest consolation is that Chapin read 95 percent of my book before he died and felt I had fulfilled his one and only request that the book be a serious well-balanced reveals Harry Cha-as an unsung hero a modem Woody Guthrie a spokesman of the people and poet laureate to cab drivers housewives and other common folk Most of the world will remember Chapin for the the musical genre he popularized in one of his most NEW YORK The publication of The Harry Chapin by Peter Coan has been shrouded in controversy since the death of the performer on July 16 1981 at the age of thirty-eight Chapin died on the Long Island Expressway when his car burst into flames after being hit by a truck After his funeral the wife Sandy Chapin tried to block the publication of this authorized biography Peter Coan was a close friend and confidant of Harry Mailboxes OtufuSfiDvw PILLOWS fl 495 wl saw 0 0 Just a few of our many selections! 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