| George Clooney: A Biography Contributor(s): Blackman, Joni (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313358265 ISBN-13: 9780313358265 Publisher: Greenwood Press OUR PRICE: $42.57 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Performing Arts | Film - General - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009034910 |
| Series: Greenwood Biographies |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (0.95 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: George Clooney: A Biography will help students understand that having achieved the clout accorded a Hollywood star, one can use it to fight injustice and create a better world. The biography covers Clooney's life from childhood through adulthood. It looks at the influence of his famous aunt, Rosemary Clooney, and his television-broadcaster father. It reveals his dream of becoming a professional baseball player and his failed tryout with the Cincinnati Reds in 1977. To create her portrait, author Joni Hirsch Blackman called on sources as diverse as childhood friends, coworkers, and a UN official who traveled with Clooney on his missions as a UN Messenger of Peace. What comes across is a picture of a warm, caring, witty, and intelligent man whose priorities are his craft, his friends and family, and the world around him. |