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Fame and Obscurity
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780345467232
ISBN: 034546723X
Label: Ivy Books
Manufacturer: Ivy Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: March 01, 1995
Publisher: Ivy Books
Release Date: March 01, 1995
Studio: Ivy Books
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Editorial Review:
"Fascinating . . . Poignant." The Wall Street JournalIn this extraordinary work of insight and interviews, bestselling author Gay Talese shares with us the lives of those we don't know and those we might wish we did: Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, Manhattan mobsters, Bowery bums, and many others -- fascinating men and women who define our country's spirit and lead us to an understanding of ourselves as a nation.
From the Paperback edition.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Fantastic portraits of DiMaggio, Sinatra, etc.
I say 4 stars only because of the datedness of some of the material. But the pieces on Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio in this book (both written in 1966) are brilliant and incisive portrayals of a time and states of mind (and of icons in an age when celebrity was in some ways larger than life than it is today and in some ways refreshingly not) that are both long gone.
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