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American Legends: The Life of Etta James
Etta James, the legendary jazz, gospel, rhythm & blues, and soul singer, was perfectly positioned to reign as the supreme artist in the emerging soul genre of the '40s and '50s in America. No one ever doubted her talent, the...
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American Legends: The Life of Farrah Fawcett
*Includes pictures*Includes Fawcett's quotes about her life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading “I became famous almost before I had a craft.” – Farrah Fawcett “TV had much more impact back in the '70s than it does today. Charlie's...
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American Legends: The Life of Gary Cooper
"I looked it at like this way. To get folks to like you, as a screen player I mean, I figured you had to sort of be their ideal. I don't mean a handsome knight riding a white horse, but...
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American Legends: The Life of Gene Autry
*Includes pictures*Includes Autry's own quotes about his life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading “Music has been the better part of my career. Movies are wonderful fun and they give you a famous face. But how the words and...
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American Legends: The Life of Gene Kelly
*Includes pictures.*Includes Kelly's quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.” – Gene KellyA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s...
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American Legends: The Life of Gene Tierney
"I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication?" (Gene Tierney) "I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so...
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American Legends: The Life of George Burns
*Includes pictures *Includes Burns' own quotes about his life and career *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.” – George Burns “I'm very pleased...
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American Legends: The Life of Gregory Peck
*Includes pictures.*Includes Peck's own quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading. “Entertainment is all right, but entertainment with an idea behind it is much more important.” – Gregory Peck A lot of ink has been spilled...
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American Legends: The Life of Helen Keller
*Includes pictures of Helen Keller and important people in her life. *Includes Helen's quotes on politics, religion, inspiration, and more. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. *Includes a Table of Contents "Most people measure their happiness in terms of physical...
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American Legends: The Life of Henry Fonda
Among all of Hollywood's iconic leading men, arguably none proved as versatile at acting as Henry Fonda, whose career spanned six decades and earned him Academy Awards for roles in various genres. After breaking into Hollywood in 1935, Fonda quickly...
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American Legends: The Life of Henry Ford
*Includes pictures. *Includes Ford's quotes about his own life and career. *Discusses the controversies surrounding Ford and Nazi Germany. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. *Includes a table of contents. “A business that makes nothing but money is a poor...
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American Legends: The Life of Jack Lemmon
*Includes pictures*Includes Lemmon's own quotes*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy....
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American Legends: The Life of Jack Nicholson
*Includes pictures.*Includes Nicholson's quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."If I go into a restaurant there's a very good chance that I'm going to spend my time being the mayor.” – Jack...
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American Legends: The Life of Jack Palance
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and...
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American Legends: The Life of Jackie Gleason
If Lon Chaney will forever be recognized as 'The Man with 1,000 Faces', Jackie Gleason holds a legitimate claim to being 'The Man with 1,000 Personas.' Indeed, during his time hosting The Jackie Gleason Show on television, he developed numerous alter egos,...
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American Legends: The Life of James Cagney
*Includes pictures. *Includes Cagney's own quotes about his life and career. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. *Includes a table of contents. "You don't psych yourself up for these things, you do them...I'm acting for the audience, not for myself,...
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American Legends: The Life of Jane Fonda
*Includes pictures.*Includes Fonda's own quotes about her life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Being Henry Fonda's daughter got me started. But it didn't keep me working.” – Jane Fonda A lot of ink has been spilled covering the...
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American Legends: The Life of Jayne Mansfield
*Includes pictures.*Includes Mansfield's quotes about her own life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading. “I don't know why you people like to compare me to Marilyn or that girl, what's her name, Kim Novak. Cleavage, of course, helped me...
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American Legends: The Life of Jean Harlow
"I wasn't born an actress. Events just made me one." (Jean Harlow) A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles...
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American Legends: The Life of Jerry Garcia
*Includes pictures.*Includes Garcia's quotes about his life and career.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“I read somewhere that 77 percent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23...
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