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Genre/Form: | Portraits |
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Named Person: | Clark Gable; Clark Gable |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Chrystopher J Spicer |
ISBN: | 9780786449644 0786449640 9781476678252 1476678251 |
OCLC Number: | 701810030 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | 194 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents: | Preface -- Early life -- Acting life -- Military life -- Recreational life -- Fast life -- Social life -- Married life -- Epilogue. |
Responsibility: | Chrystopher J. Spicer. |
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These distinctively personal images are themselves informative, and Spicer provides a richly detailed narrative to accompany them. Delving into each major area of Gables's life...Spicer presents an impressive amount of information...this is a thoroughly researched work with great visual appeal that illuminates some of the less emphasised aspects of Gable's life. Spicer's empathetic and comprehensive portrait will certainly resonate with Gable fans as well as film historians and enthusiasts and will find a permanent place in both popular and special collections." -Library Journal"[An] engaging and fascinating opportunity to peak into what seems like part family album and part behind the scenes look at the man who was known as the King of Hollywood." -Twenty Four Frames Read more...


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