Shirley Temple: American Princess - Hardcover

Edwards, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 068806051X ISBN 13: 9780688060510

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1988

Synopsis

Chronicles the personal and professional life of the Hollywood child star including Temple's fast fade from the limelight, her work as an American diplomat and crusader against cancer, her first and current marriages, and more

About this title

About the Author:

Anne Edwards is the New York Times bestselling author of Vivien Leigh: A Biography and Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor as several other biographies, novels, and children’s books. She lives in Beverly Hills, California.

From Library Journal:

At six, Shirley Temple was the number one box office draw. Her dimpled smile, singing, and dancing raised the spirits of Depression-era families. In this admiring account, Edwards, also the biographer of Vivien Leigh and Margaret Mitchell, writes of Temple's lifeher status as this century's most famous child star, her decline at adolescence, her reincarnation as a political figure, and her courageous, and barrier-breaking, acknowledgement of her struggle with breast cancer. Tales of Temple's childhood and relationship with her indomitable mother are fascinating, but the book fades from there. Also, Edwards's footnoting is annoying. Less than his best, but never underestimate the appeal of "La Temple." Could be a best seller. Rosellen Brewer, Monterey Cty. Lib., Seaside, Cal.
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About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 068806051X
• ISBN 13: 9780688060510
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 444