Mobituaries

By: Mo Rocca

Narrated by: Mo Rocca

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca, an entertaining and rigorously researched audiobook that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him.

Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries - reading about the remarkable lives of global leaders, Hollywood heavyweights, and innovators who changed the world. But not every notable life has gotten the send-off it deserves. His quest to right that wrong inspired Mobituaries, his number one hit podcast. Now with Mobituaries, the audiobook, he has gone much further, with all new essays on artists, entertainers, sports stars, political pioneers, founding fathers, and more. Even if you know the names, you’ve never understood why they matter...until now.

Take Herbert Hoover: Before he was president, he was the "Great Humanitarian", the man who saved tens of millions from starvation. But after less than a year in the White House, the stock market crashed, and all the good he had done seemed to be forgotten. Then, there’s Marlene Dietrich, well remembered as a screen goddess, less remembered as a great patriot. Alongside American servicemen on the front lines during World War II, she risked her life to help defeat the Nazis of her native Germany. And what about Billy Carter and history’s unruly presidential brothers? Were they ne'er-do-well liabilities...or secret weapons? Plus, Mobits for dead sports teams, dead countries, the dearly departed station wagon, and dragons. Yes, dragons.

Rocca is an expert researcher and storyteller. He draws on these skills here. With his dogged reporting and trademark wit, Rocca brings these men and women back to life like no one else can. Mobituaries is an insightful and unconventional account of the people who made life worth living for the rest of us, one that asks us to think about who gets remembered, and why.

©2019 Mo Rocca (P)2019 Simon & Schuster Audio

Entertaining

in these days of podcast on nearly everything this is the first audiobook I've gotten all the way through in quite a while! A very entertaining listen.

Excellent Historican

Enjoyed listening to this book immensely. Very entertaining & knowledgeable. I listen to books while walking miles a day... this book made me want not stop walking....

Loved this book!

I’ll read it again. So much history. So much to learn! Loved listening to Mo.

Fun

I might not have been so interested in every single story, but I loved his style and most of the stories.

Very entertaining

I enjoyed this so much. Aleays good tp jave the author read their own book

I thoroughly enjoyed this book

I'm a Morocco fan anyway but this was so beautifully done and researched and tied together. It never bored me, I learned a lot of trivia facts, and I just can't wait to read it again.

Love it.

Fascinating, Funny. Touching. You will run the gamut of emotions. If you love his podcasts, you will love this.

Don’t Pass This One Up!

Everything Mo Rocco does is great, and this book is no exception. I loved every minute. Mo presents so much amazing information, I will definitely have to listen to this multiple times. Fascinating stories, and great narration from Mo himself.

Different and amazing

A heartfelt deep look at people you don't know, people you knew, and people you thought you knew. (Admittedly, sometimes it's difficult to get as into some historical figures as Rocca himself is.) Listen to this one in small pieces, not like a novel, and take frequent breaks so the obits don't run together.

if you love trivia and history

I really enjoy books like this where you have interesting background to things you thought you knew about.