1 option
Twilight man : love and ruin in the shadows of Hollywood and the Clark empire / Liz Brown.
Van Pelt Library HQ75.8.P673 B76 2021
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Liz, 1971 May 20- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934.
- Gay men--United States--Biography.
- Gay men.
- Families.
- Americans--Foreign countries.
- Inheritance and succession.
- History.
- Gay couples.
- United States.
- California--Los Angeles.
- Gay couples--California--Los Angeles--Biography.
- Inheritance and succession--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
- Americans--Foreign countries--Biography.
- Americans.
- Post, Harrison.
- Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934--Family.
- Clark, William Andrews.
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--20th century.
- Los Angeles (Calif.).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 383 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Penguin Books, [2021]
- Summary:
- "The unbelievable true story of Harrison Post--the enigmatic lover of one of the richest men in 1920s Hollywood--and the battle for a family fortune. In the booming 1920s, William Andrews Clark Jr. was one of the richest, most respected men in Los Angeles. The son of the mining tycoon known as "The Copper King of Montana," Clark launched the Los Angeles Philharmonic and helped create the Hollywood Bowl. He was also a man with secrets, including a lover named Harrison Post. A former salesclerk, Post enjoyed a lavish existence among Hollywood elites, but the men's money--and their homosexuality--made them targets, for the district attorney, their employees and, in Post's case, his own family. When Clark died suddenly, Harrison Post inherited a substantial fortune--and a wealth of trouble. From Prohibition-era Hollywood to Nazi prison camps to Mexico City nightclubs, Twilight Man tells the story of an illicit love and the battle over a family estate that would destroy one man's life. Harrison Post was forgotten for decades, but after a chance encounter with his portrait, Liz Brown, Clark's great-grandniece, set out to learn his story. Twilight Man is more than just a biography. It is an exploration of how families shape their own legacies, and the lengths they will go in order to do so"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE 1882-1919
- 1. A Train to Los Angeles
- 2. The Bond
- 3. An Education
- 4. Albert's Choice
- 5. The Wall
- 6. The Mask
- pt. TWO 1919-1934
- 7. The Copain
- 8. The Library
- 9. Junior
- 10. The Secretaries
- 11. The Fluke
- 12. The Picture of Will Clark
- 13. Buck Mangam's Revenge
- 14. Snap
- pt. THREE 1934-1938
- 15. The Guardian
- 16. Exile
- 17. Escape
- pt. FOUR 1938-1945
- 18. Hellesylt
- 19. Mexico City
- 20. Trondheim
- 21. Grini
- 22. Laufen
- 23. The Northern Lights
- pt. FIVE 1945-1946
- 24. The Alien
- 25. Lake Street
- 26. The Emperor's Palace
- 27. "Schoner Gigolo, Armer Gigolo"
- 28. Legacy
- 29. The Picture of Harrison Post.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Brown, Liz. Twilight man
- ISBN:
- 9780143132905
- 0143132903
- OCLC:
- 1191210660
- Publisher Number:
- 99987545270
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.