Bob Hope

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Edition: Large
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-06-01
Publisher(s): Thorndike Pr
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Summary

Recounts Hope's rise from poverty in England to success as a comedian and actor, and discusses his relationships with his wife, Dolores, and other women, his adopted children, allegations of homophobia, and other details of his private life.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9(13)
Preface: At Floodtide --- 1943 13(3)
The Rabbit Trap
16(16)
The Somnambulist of Euclid Avenue
32(16)
The Death of ``Lefty''
48(20)
The Siamese Circuit
68(13)
Doctor Hope and Mr. Hyde
81(16)
The Phoenix
97(18)
Perlberg's Folly
115(23)
The Worldling of the Great White Way
138(41)
The Girl He Left Behind
179(26)
Radio Days
205(25)
The Cat Who Swallowed the Canary
230(45)
Ski Snoot and Mattress Hip
275(26)
Specimen Days
301(29)
The Champion of Champions
330(37)
The Great Lover
367(36)
Bob and the Peacock
403(24)
Global Affairs
427(26)
Off Limits
453(36)
The Facts of Life
489(35)
The ``Sponsor'' of Vietnam
524(29)
The Pits
553(44)
Staving Off the Reaper
597(58)
Bibliography 655(3)
Filmography 658

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