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Author:

Graham, Don, 1940- author.

Title:

Giant : Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the making of a legendary American film / Don Graham.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Giant (Motion picture)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-312) and index.

Contents:

Long story short -- Beefcake baron -- Tell mama all -- Plantation life -- Lone star -- West of the Pecos -- Plein air -- Duel in the sun -- Being and nothingness in L.A. -- Love and marriage -- Last days at the Villa Capri -- Fanfare -- Meta-marfasis.

Summary:

"A larger-than-life narrative of the making of the classic film, marking the rise of America as a superpower, the ascent of Hollywood celebrity, and the flowering of Texas culture as mythology. Drawing on archival sources, Graham's Giant is a comprehensive depiction of the film's production, showing readers how reality became fiction and fiction became cinema."--Dust jacket.

ISBN:

1250061903
9781250061904

OCLC:

(OCoLC)983560356

LCCN:

2017046287

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)