Joe Guse
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Joe Guse is an author originally from Richland Washington who has traveled extensively and written several books on a wide range of topics. Much of Joe's early writings draw on people he met while working and living in a variety of National Parks, including Yellowstone , The Grand Canyon, Mt. Ranier National Park, Grand Teton National park, and finally at Glacier National Park. Following his stint working in the National park system, Joe moved to Chicago, IL where he began work as a comedian and actor, even creating his own Television series, "The Joe Show" which ran on local Chicago television. Joe also trained and worked at several prominent Chicago comedy clubs including the Annoyance theater, the Improv Olympic, and the world famous Second City in the Old Town Neighborhood of Chicago. Joe eventually began entertaining in Nursing Homes, and based his book "Stories of Hope and Courage http://www.amazon.com/Stories-Courage-Experiences-Alzheimers-Disease/dp/1427616140/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-8012688-1652720?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173820039&sr=8-2 on a number of people he met during this phase of his life. Stories of Hope and courage became a bit of an internet phenomenon reaching the 100,000 download mark in just its first month as an ebook, and it still appears as one of the most downloaded ebooks http://www.memoware.com/mw/cgi/www.sem-mosaic.service.com/mw?screen=doc_detail&doc_id=19305&back=search_results in the history of the genre. Joe has also published on a wide variety of other subjects, including "The Tragic Clowns" which provides psychological profiles of Lenny Bruce, John Belushi, and Chris Farley http://www.amazon.com/Tragic-Clowns-Analysis-Belushi-Farley/dp/1427616132/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-8012688-1652720?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173820039&sr=8-1 In addition Joe has written books that include "Forever 27" which provides a psychological analysis of Janis Joplin, [[Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain, http://www.lulu.com/content/620584, and Barack, Lance, Oprah, & Rudy: Exploring Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey in Contemporary American Society, http://www.amazon.com/Barack-Lance-Oprah-Rudy-Contemporary/dp/1427616124/ref=sr_1_3/104-8012688-1652720?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174036299&sr=8-3, which provides an analysis of the Hero's Journey, based on the work of Joseph Campbell, in the lives of Lance Armstrong, Barack Obama, Rudy Giuliani, and Oprah Winfrey. Joe can often be found at numerous writers workshops around Chicago, and presents often about the application of the Hero's Journey in people's individual lives.
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