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An American Boy

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An edition of Liberace (2000)

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An American Boy

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"While wildly successful and good-natured outwardly, Liberace, Pyron reveals, was a complicated man whose political, social, and religious conservatism existed side-by-side with a lifetime of secret homosexuality. Liberace: An American Boy relates this private man to the public persona and places this remarkable life in the rapidly changing cultural landscape of the United States in the twentieth century.".

"Pyron presents Liberace's life as a metaphor, for both good and ill, of modern America, with its endless shopping malls and insatiable hunger for celebrity. In this biography, Pyron complicates and celebrates our images of the man for whom the streets were paved with gold lame and whose excesses helped destroy him."--BOOK JACKET.

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University Of Chicago Press
Language
English
Pages
512

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Subjects
Biography, Pianists, Liberace, 1919-1987, Pianists, biography, New York Times reviewed
People
Liberace, Liberace (1919-1987)
Places
United States

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Liberace: an American Boy
2013, University of Chicago Press
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Liberace: An American Boy
2013, University of Chicago Press
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Liberace: An American Boy
June 1, 2001, University Of Chicago Press
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
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Liberace: An American Boy
June 15, 2000, University Of Chicago Press
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Table of Contents

Preface Page 7 One. Wisconsin Rhythm and Blues Page 17 Two. The Great Escape Page 42 Three. Sows' Ears/Silk Purses Page 69 Four. Chico and Chopin Page 97 Five. The Successful Unknown Page 130 Six. Lucky Channel 13 Page 158 Seven. Music for a Mama's Boy Page 180 Eight. The Shoals of Fame Page 217 Nine. You Can Be Sure If It's Westinghouse Page 251 Ten. Getting Back Page 289 Eleven. Trompe L'oeil Page 318 Twelve. An Image in the Water Page 352 Thirteen. The Garden of Earthly Pleasures Page 383 Fourteen. Peter Pan Page 411 Fifteen. Et Lux Perpetua Page 449 Epilogue Page 475 Notes Page 493 Index Page 554 Photo Section Page 580

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Library of Congress
ML417.L67 P97 2000, ML417.L67P97 2000

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
512
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.8 x 1.6 inches
Weight
0.2 ounces

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OL9607840M
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liberaceamerican00pyro
ISBN 10
0226686671
ISBN 13
9780226686677
LCCN
99089031
OCLC/WorldCat
43060603
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1317716
Goodreads
1415588

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