Brother Dog: Southern Tales and Hollywood Adventures
Autor Harry Thomasonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 oct 2019 – vârsta ani
A humor-laced episodic memoir, Brother Dog is the story of a working-class childhood in the rural South during the 1950s and 60s, striving to become a filmmaker on an ever-expanding stage, helping elect a friend to the presidency, and anecdotal encounters with Chuck Berry, Prime Minister Tony Blair and other luminaries, all rich in imagery, grit, and humor.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781624911385
ISBN-10: 1624911382
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:First Edition, First Edition
Editura: Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
Colecția Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
ISBN-10: 1624911382
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:First Edition, First Edition
Editura: Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
Colecția Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
Notă biografică
Harry Thomason’s meteoric rise from coaching high school sports in Arkansas to producing feature films in Hollywood and rubbing shoulders with presidents is a seeming Horatio Alger tale of toil, sweat, ingenuity, and success. Together with his wife, Linda Bloodworth Thomason, he produced the hit CBS TV series, Designing Women. Thomason’s credits include producer of six feature films, two presidential inaugurations, and more. Harry Thomason lives in Encino, California.
Extras
"One day in the Mid 1990s, I was in Las Vegas for the wedding of my friend Amy, a former NBC executive. The ceremony was held in an elegant home, beautifully decorated, and with an orchestra playing poolside. I arrived late and hurried to my assigned table where five other guests were already seated as I eased into my chair. I nodded hello to the other tablemates including an elderly man, round-faced, with a jowly chin, sitting right beside me. I looked at him and he looked back with something between a smile and scowl on his face. I was about to speak when he beat me to it, 'Son, do you know who I am?' I saw his name on the place card and suddenly it’s a hot morning in the summer of 1949. I’m nine years old as I walk into my father’s grocery store in South Arkansas."
Cuprins
The Killer Just Miles Away
My Mother’s Kitchen
Paddy
The Airplane
The Foxhole
The Great Watermelon Heist
The Soldier Beside The Road
Mistake at Calion Lake
The Great Snowball
The Aloha Lodge and Pancake House
How I ended up in Film
Cabooses
The Man in the Window Seat
Back to the Caboose
Has Hollywood Called?
Johnny Carson and the Sax Man
J Weintraub
Tilisi in the Rear View Mirror
The Snake Oil Salesman
Chuck Berry
Reading Group Extras
My Mother’s Kitchen
Paddy
The Airplane
The Foxhole
The Great Watermelon Heist
The Soldier Beside The Road
Mistake at Calion Lake
The Great Snowball
The Aloha Lodge and Pancake House
How I ended up in Film
Cabooses
The Man in the Window Seat
Back to the Caboose
Has Hollywood Called?
Johnny Carson and the Sax Man
J Weintraub
Tilisi in the Rear View Mirror
The Snake Oil Salesman
Chuck Berry
Reading Group Extras
Recenzii
“Magic, longing, fear, insecurity, bravado, dreams—
all the things that make up our upbringing. Harry Thomason has written a collection of stories that cover it all. It'll take you back to your own special set of memories and at the same time lose yourself in his.”
all the things that make up our upbringing. Harry Thomason has written a collection of stories that cover it all. It'll take you back to your own special set of memories and at the same time lose yourself in his.”
“Harry Thomason is the last of a dying breed: the great American raconteur”
“Brother Dog includes some of the sweetest memories I have ever read. Thomason reminded me of my childhood in Connecticut—never wearing shoes all summer—where an abandoned bed in a dusty attic became my nightly domain. These stories are so powerful and bring back such happy times.”
“Harry Thomason's life stories are warmly recounted, luminously detailed, and universally appealing.”
“I read Brother Dog in one sitting; I couldn’t put it down. It is a perfect antidote to the times we live in. Wisdom—as it can only be expressed in stories—shines through in every chapter. Often wickedly funny, Thomason’s stories speak lovingly of parents who taught him to see the best in even the most lost souls. A pleasure of the highest order!”
"Harry Thomason’s memoir takes us from the haunting stillness of a mid-century Arkansas night (with a serial killer on the loose) to the set of The Tonight Show (with a future President on the sax). It’s a sometimes-gentle sometimes-wild ride through the century, with the good-hearted Coach Thomason as a guide."
“Do you like an old-fashioned yarn which happens to be true? This
book’s for you.
“Everyone has a story, but Harry Thomason has bushels of good ones
which he tells with characteristic insight, humor and more than a few
surprise endings. Kick off your shoes, find a comfortable chair and
soak in these fun, funny and unforgettable true tales steeped deep in
the Southern storytelling tradition.”
book’s for you.
“Everyone has a story, but Harry Thomason has bushels of good ones
which he tells with characteristic insight, humor and more than a few
surprise endings. Kick off your shoes, find a comfortable chair and
soak in these fun, funny and unforgettable true tales steeped deep in
the Southern storytelling tradition.”