Isbn: 9780394575551 - rage for fame: the ascent of clare boothe luce (16 Ergebnisse)

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Hardback. Zustand: Good. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK Her technique was simple: aim for the top, an envious colleague wrote of Clare Boothe Luce. No American woman of the twentieth century aimed so accurately, or rose so far, as this legendary playwright, politician, and social seductress. Born in New York's Spanish Harlem, with nothing to recommend her but beauty, ferocious intelligence, and dry wit, she transformed herself into the youthful managing editor of Vanity Fair. She married two millionaires and wrote three Broadway hits, including the biting satire, The Women. Her second husband, Henry Luce--the publisher of Time, Fortune, and later at her suggestion Life--was only one of the dozens of men she entranced. Adding politics and power to journalism and drama, Clare used sex, street smarts, acid humor, and money to plot a career more improbable than anything in her own fiction. Not content with mere wealth and the acclaim of transatlantic caf society, Clare Boothe Luce confessed to a rage for fame. This extraordinary book--the result of more than fifteen years of research by Sylvia Jukes Morris, her chosen biographer--tells how she achieved it. Praise for Rage for Fame A model biography . . . the sort that only real writers can write.--Gore Vidal, The New Yorker The] riveting first part of a two-volume biography . . . Relentlessly candid, meticulously documented, Morris's book traces Clare Boothe] Luce's rocketing rise from illegitimacy and poverty to wealth, power and fame.--Hartford Courant Powerful and resonant, admiring at times, always critical, at times searing, but ultimately fair.--The Philadelphia Inquirer Crammed with enough drama for several mini-series.--The New York Times An important book about an important figure . . . a stunning feat of biography.--Forbes A dishy biography that is also a formidable work of research.--Slate One of those rare books where the reader dreads the final page.--Newport News Daily Press.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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hardcover. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First. Illustrated throughout in black and white. [13], 562 pages with deckled edges. Thick 8vo, gray cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Random House, (1997). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Gray paper over boards with silver lettering on black spine. Black and white DJ with white lettering. 561 pages. In good condition. Head and foot of spine bumped. Covers are clean. DJ has some shelf-wear along edges. Signed on title page by author Sylvia Jukes Morris (just her name, no inscription). Pages free of marks or tears. Binding is stiff. Signed by Author(s).…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. 561pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Shallow coffee like stains to first few pages, near fine in fine dustwrapper.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Biography of Clare Boothe Luce The foreedge are uncut pages there is staining on the inside of the dust jacket the book is clean square and tight price includes 2nd class postage UK only.