WITH OSSIE AND RUBY: IN THIS LIFE TOGETHER [INSCRIBED]
Language: English
Published by William Morrow and Company, Inc, New York, 1998
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
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Octavo, viii, x, 476 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine copper with white lettering. Dust jacket has mild wear including light soiling wear exteriorly and minor dings to the head/tail edges. Boards show very light wear. Text block has slight age toning to the edges with light soiling to the fore edge. Gift inscription to the front free end paper. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by both authors to the title page. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. 1376951. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Title
- WITH OSSIE AND RUBY: IN THIS LIFE TOGETHER [INSCRIBED]
- Author
- Davis, Ossie and Dee, Ruby
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company, Inc, New York
- Publication year
- 1998
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0688153968
- ISBN 13
- 9780688153960
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
With Ossie and Ruby overflows with consummate storytelling skill developed by decades in the spotlight. From their early years as struggling actors in Harlem's black theater to Broadway and Hollywood stardom, they regale the reader with colorful, entertaining tales of the places they've been and the people they've met. But their charming humor is leavened with a more serious side, as they share their experiences of keeping a family together in a world where scandal and divorce is the rule, and of being artists and political activists in an era of intense racial ferment. Born into the struggle, their characters were shaped by the dynamic collisions of life, politics, and art; and from those experiences, they achieved some sense of their worth as married people, friends, and lovers.
Warm, positive, and compelling, this is a book that will surprise and challenge readers everywhere -- black and white, male and female, young and old. Lifting the veil of public image, media hype, and mystique, Ossie and Ruby speak of the real-life dilemmas and rewards of their lifelong search for purpose and value.
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About the Author
Ossie Davis illumined America's stage and screen for two generations. He distinguished himself as a writer, actor, director, and narrator. A short list of his film work includes: I'm Not Rappaport, The Client, Grumpy Old Men, and Do the Right Thing. He and his wife Ruby Dee were 1995 recipients of the National Medal of Arts Award. On Feb. 4, 2005 Ossie Davis died at the age of 87.
Not only is Ruby Dee one of the most respected African-American actors of her day, she was also an important part of the civil rights movement. She is probably best known for her role in A Raisin in the Sun, which she performed on both the stage and the screen.
Dee has also written plays, fiction, and a column in New York's Amsterdam News.
Born in Cleveland, she worked initially with the American Negro Theater in Harlem, where she grew up. She is married to the actor and author Ossie Davis.
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