OTHER BOOKS

 
 Doubleday: 1965 The funny, touching, entertaining true story of two cats and their adventures with the MacDonald family. On the back cover there is a pictue of JDM, lying stretched out on the couch, reading, with one of the cats nestled up against his feet.  Fawcett: 1963 MacDonald’s story of Judy Garland....he was not really pleased with the end result.  This book of letters reflects the rise and fall of Rowan and Martin's “Laugh In.” It’s a picture of a successful novelist and of a comedian dealing with success, and it is a portrait of how a friendship may live and die. At the suggestion of a mutual friend, Rowan and MacDonald began writing without having met. Their letters are frequent initially, and each writer assumes a role: MacDonald/advisor and Rowan/seeker of such. There is an abrupt break-off in 1974 as Rowan's marriage disintegrates.