DORIS DAY
The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door
KAUFMAN, DAVID
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Description:
David Kaufman has now written the long-awaited, definitive biography of Doris Day. By telling Day’s incredible, previously untold story, Kaufman takes the reader to the epicenter of American popular culture— a roller-coaster saga, from the 1940s to the 1980s. While Day symbolized virtuous America to the rest of the world—especially in her heyday, the 1950s and early 1960s—both she and that era are still perceived as being far more innocent and carefree than they really were. Indeed, what makes Day’s story so richly fascinating is the fact that she was in many ways the opposite of her image as “the girl next door.” She was also a real-life Cinderella who regretted having gone to the ball and who found a series of princes who proved far less than charming.
Thanks to Kaufman’s dogged diligence in tracking down countless colleagues and intimates, he gives us:
Scintillating tales of fame, beauty, money, tragedy, sexual ambiguity, and sexual conquests.
Anecdotes about a vast array of major subsidiary players in Day’s life, including Ronald Reagan, Frank Sinatra, Alfred Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Charles Manson, Mickey Mantle, Candice Bergen, and Rock Hudson.
Details:
- Publisher: ST MARTINS PR
- Subject Development: Biography
- Geographic Designator: United States
- Academic Level: General Adult
- Depth (m): 0.044
- Dewey: 791.4302/8092
- Height (m): 0.241
- Pages: 512
- Place Of Publication: United States
- Published Date: Tue 10 Jun 2008
- Weight (g): 1066
- Width (m): 0.165
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