Fame and ObscurityIvy Books, 1995 - 352 páginas "Fascinating . . . Poignant." The Wall Street Journal In 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. |
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of the Anonymous | 16 |
of Characters | 29 |
of Odd Occupations | 43 |
The Boomers | 83 |
Panic in Brooklyn | 91 |
Survival of the Fittest | 100 |
Punks and Pushers | 112 |
Keeping the Wheel from Benny | 118 |
Ramblin Fever | 166 |
Frank Sinatra Has a Cold | 173 |
The Loser | 209 |
The Soft Psyche of Joshua Logan | 228 |
The Silent Season of a Hero | 244 |
Peter OToole on the Ould Sod | 265 |
VOGUEland | 274 |
Looking for Hemingway | 283 |
Death on a Bridge | 132 |
Stage in the Sky | 142 |
The Indians | 151 |
Back to Bay Ridge | 159 |
The Partys Over | 300 |
The King as a MiddleAged Man | 317 |
Mr Bad News | 329 |
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