A Short Time For Insanity, William A. Wellman, Hawthorn, 1974 *

A Short Time For Insanity William A. Wellman, author  This first edition copy of "A Short Time For Insanity" by William A. Wellman is in VG+/Near Fine- condition.  Dust jacket included. Appears to be unread. See photos for condition.  "The man who made such successful motion pictures as 'Wings,' 'The Public Enemy', 'A Star is Born,' 'Beau Geste,' 'Battleground,' and 'The High and the Mighty,' and also made such flops as 'The Boob' and 'Stingaree', could not be expected to write a conventional autobiography. What it is, is a piece of insanity. From the perspective of a hospital bed, through a drug-induced haze, Wellman's memory makes connections between events in life that his rational mind would never perceive...between a child's first hunting trip and a drunken weekend with Spencer Tracy, between working with Clark Gable and a recalcitrant St. Bernard in 'Call of the Wild' and working with Ernie Pyle and real fighting troops in 'GI Joe,' and between the friendship and courage and sorr