In fact, his most engaging portraits are of two little-known people, McIlhenny and a collector's widow named Ethel Bliss Platt.

Last year our reviewer, Gene Santoro, called this "a serious and engaging historical portrait of one of jazz's greatest underappreciated figures."

An engaging portrait of the early-20th-century Japanese artist.

By contrast her "Don Quixote" turns a brilliant classical display into an engaging portrait of a high-spirited young girl in love.

This is an "engaging portrait of a scout's life," Ms. Cole said here in 1990.

But the final product overcomes its relatively minor drawbacks to present a serious and engaging historical portrait of one of jazz's greatest underappreciated figures.

Finally, the book's greatest interest lies in its deeply engaging portrait of a marriage - in serial.

This deceptively simple story turns out to be an apt prelude to a book that, built of small, remembered moments, manages to create an engaging portrait of a profoundly complex world.

An engaging portrait of a pioneering teen activist...a terrific teaching tool.

Jason Ankenny with Allmusic ended his review by concluding that it was "An engaging, warm portrait of the man at the peak of his powers".