How Sweet It Is: The Jackie Gleason Story - Softcover

Bacon, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312902298 ISBN 13: 9780312902292

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1986

Synopsis

How Sweet It Is: The Jackie Gleason Story, James Bacon with Foreword by Jackie Gleason, 16 pages of photos. "This is the first 100 PROOF book ever written" Bob Hope

About this title

From Library Journal:

Bacon, a Hollywood columnist and friend of Gleason, has written an entertaining, if adulatory, biography of the poor Brooklyn kid and small-time pool hustler who grew up to become one of television's most famous comedians. Through the cooperation of Gleason and his family and friends, Bacon has spiced his narrative with personal anecdotes that pull no punches. Gleason is shown to be a hard-drinking, hard-living, big spender, whose natural comedy talents are unparalleled but very difficult to live with. Though Gleason declares that he is not an alcoholic, there's a a lot of emphasis on booze in this book. Marcia L. Perry, Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Mass.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0312902298
• ISBN 13: 9780312902292
• Binding: Paperback