Grand Marshall Sparky

This photo shows Charles Schulz and his daughter Amy in 1974, when Schulz was the Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, CA. That was a year after Schulz married his second wife, and five years after Amy began ice skating professionally.

Charles and Amy Schulz

I admire and respect Amy Schulz greatly for her vigorous and articulate rebuttal of what she calls completely inaccurate characterizations of her father and his family, made by David Michaelis in his new biography of Charles Schulz. I will, however, buy and read the book, just as I did Rheta Grimsley Johnson’s book about Schulz, over ten years ago (revised from a 1989 edition).