{"product_id":"bogart-paperback","title":"Bogart - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnn Sperber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnn Sperber and Eric Lax offer therevealing, intimate, definitive biography of the legendary Humphrey Bogart, detailing the arc and span of his personal and professional life--a story oftoil, tragedy, and triumph. Sperber and Lax exploreBogie's abusive childhood and the three unsuccessful marriages that precededthe lasting love he found with Lauren Bacall, and plumb the depths of hisarduous career working as Warner Brothers' go-to drudge actor for thirteenyears of B-list films before rising to stardom and ultimately achieving hisplace amongst Hollywood royalty. The \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/em\u003ecalls \u003cem\u003eBogart \u003c\/em\u003e\"animmediate triumph . . . so rich in its research, so compelling in its writing, itis an absorbing human story of the motion picture business in the age ofHumphrey Bogart.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBogart\u003c\/em\u003e paints an indelible portrait of a complex man, from the privilege and abuse he experienced in childhood to his triumphant 1935 acting breakthrough in \u003cem\u003eThe Petrified Forest\u003c\/em\u003e to his classic roles as the cynical idealist Rick of Casablanca and the drunken yet lovable Charlie Allnut in \u003cem\u003eThe African Queen\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on more than two hundred interviews, years of research, and documents ranging from Warner Brothers script reports to an extensive FBI file, this is the definitive account of the immortal actor, painted against a backdrop of studio politics during Hollywood's Golden Age and the witch-hunts of the McCarthy era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBogart\u003c\/em\u003e is engrossing and unforgettable--a biography as towering as the legend at its heart.\u003c\/p\u003e--Library Journal\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBogart\u003c\/em\u003e paints an indelible portrait of a complex man, from the privilege and abuse he experienced in childhood to his triumphant 1935 acting breakthrough in \u003cem\u003eThe Petrified Forest\u003c\/em\u003e to his classic roles as the cynical idealist Rick of Casablanca and the drunken yet lovable Charlie Allnut in \u003cem\u003eThe African Queen\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on more than two hundred interviews, years of research, and documents ranging from Warner Brothers script reports to an extensive FBI file, this is the definitive account of the immortal actor, painted against a backdrop of studio politics during Hollywood's Golden Age and the witch-hunts of the McCarthy era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBogart\u003c\/em\u003e is engrossing and unforgettable--a biography as towering as the legend at its heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 704\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 x 8.94 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43075988291719,"sku":"9780062107367","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/TBSC-g8uGy9780062107367.webp?v=1756198216","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/bogart-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}