Guiding Light: A 50th Anniversary Celebration

on page 9 there is a great up close picture of Bill and Bert Bauer at a restaurant during a 1957 episode of the show. i'm glad i bought this book because it features a whole lot more different castmember pictures than, believe it or not, the 1997 60th Anniversary edition carried. No, the 1997 book is a MUST-HAVE too...it's just that this 1987 book has a more intimate feel about it than the large 1997 book, with ten added seasons. This 1987 book, strangely enough, covers ground that the 1997 book either left out because of space restraints or the author didn't feel necessary as a whole. for example, the 1987 book lists cast-members and their personal stats like birth and death and also on page 16 there's a picture of Arthur Peterson, who played "Reverend Ruthledge" on the radio version of the show until the mid '40s when the soap opera version took over with the Bauer clan. The 1997 lacks this kind of feature. Instead, they over-view the various families of the show in the back of the book. I think the 1987 book is a must-have because it's from a different author and a different lay-out and different emphasis...if you felt that the 1987 book was useless since the 1997 edition rolled around, you're sadly mistaken...the pictures alone are WORTH buying the 1987 "50th Anniversary"! My favorite characters on the show were Roger Thorpe, Alan Spaulding, Ed Bauer, Ross Marler, and Billy Lewis.

This author was so talented. This book was almost as good as his SOAP OPERA ENCYCLOPEDIA! If only he had lived longer I am sure he would have given us even more.

Love this!!! I got it for my mom for Christmas. True GL fans will love it.

wife likes it

This book was really informative on GL's early years of which i didnt know. i started watching GL in 98 when i was 13. So this book was very interesting to me to learn about the early days of GL. Great book for diehard fans of the show.

This is a great book for Guiding Light fans, since it starts at the very beginning. I watched GL for a very long time, about 35 years, and was very sad when it was taken off the air in the middle of September. This wonderful book has helped to ease the pain.

A must have for longtime fans of the beloved and much missed Guiding Light. Covers the show from its beginning up until the 50th anniversary in 1987.

I liked the pictures, though I would have liked more. I read the entire book and was stunned that I remember many of the stories from the 60's---even though I was only 6 years old.

Un libro unico da avere se si è guardato Sentieri. Disponibile solo in inglese.

Super fast delivery. All perfect!