Angry Optimist: The Life and Times of Jon Stewart

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ANGRY OPTIMIST. Copyright © 2014 by Lisa Rogak. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Rogak, Lisa, 1962–

Angry optimist : the life and times of Jon Stewart / by Lisa Rogak.

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-250-01444-3 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4668-4106-2 (e-book)

1. Stewart, Jon, 1962– 2. Comedians—United States—Biography. 3. Television personalities—United States—Biography. I. Title.

PN2287.S683R66 2014

792.7’6028092—dc23

[B]

2014016493

e-ISBN 9781466841062

First Edition: September 2014