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Starstruck : Celebrity Performers and the American Public

Starstruck : Celebrity Performers and the American Public

Starstruck : Celebrity Performers and the American Public
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Starstruck : Celebrity Performers and the American Public

by Fowles, Jib

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1560981237
ISBN 13
9781560981237
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Washington and London : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Has a fascinating appendix: The Study of 100 Stars, which compiles statistics about them, e. g. their average number of marriages, the number who were involved in the occult, birth order, average age at death, etc. Chapter notes. Index. From the Dust Jacket "Fowles surveys the lives and careers of 100 performers chosen from the ranks of Hollywood films, sports, the comedy circuit, and popular music. Fowles's cast includes... John Barrymore to Rock Hudson... Theda Bara to Ingrid Bergman... Ty Cobb and Jackie Robinson... Groucho Marx, John Belushi, and Lucille Ball... Glenn Miller to Liberace, Nat 'King' Cole to Jimi Hendrix... Starstruck compares these celebrities' identities, their origins, how they succeeded, and the patterns of their rise and fall. Fowles considers the cultural and technological transformations that have encouraged the growth of stardom in this century." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo. xiv, 284pp + 32 pages of photos.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Starstruck : Celebrity Performers and the American Public
Author
Fowles, Jib
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine condition
Jacket Condition
Near Fine Dust Jacket
Edition
First Printing of the First Edition
ISBN 10
1560981237
ISBN 13
9781560981237
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Press
Place of Publication
Washington and London
Date Published
1992
Bookseller catalogs
Entertainers / Hollywood / Broadway / TV;
Size
8vo. xiv, 284pp + 32 pages of photos

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