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his life and times

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An edition of Cosby (2014)

Cosby

his life and times

Large print edition.
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Bill Cosby grew up in a Philadelphia housing project, the son of an alcoholic father and a loving but overworked mother. After dropping out of high school, Cosby turned his life around by joining the Navy, talking his way into college, and seizing his first breaks as a stand-up comedian. He turned his life around to become a groundbreaking comedian and actor and a beloved -- and sometimes controversial -- American icon. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and associates, Whitaker provides a frank, fun account of Cosby's life and historic legacy. Whitaker reveals Cosby's successes, but also deals with professional setbacks and personal dramas, from an affair that sparked public scandal to the murder of his only son, and the private influence of his wife of fifty years, Camille Cosby.

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English
Pages
913

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Cosby: his life and times
2014
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Cosby: His Life and Times
2014, Simon & Schuster, Limited
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Table of Contents

On the road again
Granddad Samuel's bible
A place in the Projects
Lost in Germantown
The Navy way
The bar at Temple
"Noah" in the village
Two blind dates
"Riggie" in Chicago
"Sheldon's folly"
"Television's Jackie Robinson"
Mr. Crosley and Mr. Cups
A world of "wonderfulness"
Bigger than "I spy"
Black is beautiful
Bust in Beverly Hills
More situation than comedy
Fat Albert's new home
Playboy of the West
The art of Jell-O
"Meet your new family"
The serfs of Flatbush
The master at work
"It's not an invention"
"A vein of gold"
Ennis and Theo
A gift marked Tiffany
Nightmare off the 405
The trials of "Job"
A death in the TV family
Prophet of Pound Cake
"The Cosby effect"
The long-distance runner.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 837-908).

Series
Thorndike Press large print nonfiction, Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
792.7/6028092, B
Library of Congress
PN2287.C632 W55 2014b

The Physical Object

Pagination
913 pages (large print), 26 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
913

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27166334M
Internet Archive
cosbyhislifetime0000whit
ISBN 10
1410472957
ISBN 13
9781410472953
LCCN
2014021178
OCLC/WorldCat
881280211

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