Bogart by A. M. Sperber and Eric Lax
Bogart by A.M. Sperber and Eric Lax is a 676-page hardcover published in 1997 by William Morrow and Company Inc., and is a stated first edition. The dust jacket is covered in a protective plastic film. Inside, the book is in very good condition. BOOK SUMMARY Humphrey Bogart died in 1957, and it has, amazingly, taken 40 years for this first truly in-depth biography give him to appear. But Bogart is not just a movie star biography. Perhaps no other book has ever provided a more graphic rendering of what life was like for a contract player when the big studios ruled Hollywood or has so dramatically captured what happened in the late 1940s as some of the biggest names in the industry pitted themselves against the excesses of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the early days of the Cold War. Born the son of a society doctor in the nationally famous illustrator Maud Humphrey, for whom he was named, Humphrey DeForest Bogart let a childhood that was one of both privilege and mistre