Too fast to live, too young to die : James Dean's final hours / Keith Elliot Greenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenberg, Keith Elliot, 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dean, James, 1931-1955--Death and burial.

Dean, James.

Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 291 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2015.

Summary:

TOO FAST TO LIVE TOO YOUNG TO DIE: JAMES DEAN'S FINAL HOURS.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Something the Other Boys Didn't Have

2. The Apple Just Out of Reach

3. The Life You Save

4. That Moment of Youth

5. "I Love His Life"

6. Little Bastard

7. Homecoming King

8. The Feel of the Soil

9. The Deaners' Devotional

10. A Regular John Barrymore

11. Hey Gramps, I'll Have a Choc Malt

12. Acquainted with the Butterflies

13. Not Satisfied Where He Is

14. Atlas Had a Lighter Load

15. Greatness in Horn-Rimmed Glasses

16. "A Very Real Part of Him"

17. A Desperate Desire to Win

18. Ready to Explode

19. Blogging for Jimmy

20. "You'll Be Dead in a Week"

21. Home Again-for the Final Time

22. A Cold Rush

23. Apple Pie and Milk

24. "Save Your Speed"

25. Token for a Guardian Angel

26. Lost Hills

27. Impact

28. 4evr Cool

29. Not Very Alive

30. Like Seeing a Ghost

31. By a Tiny Twist of Fate

32. "The Hottest Property We Had"

33. "James Dean Is Not Dead"

34. Not of the World

35. Body Doubles

36. The Jinx

37. Tree of Heaven

38. T-Shirts in Moscow

39. A Doomed Cast

40. "The Death of an Idol Became My Curse"

41. Not Forgotten

42. What Really Happened?

43. As if the Stars Were Laughing

Selected Bibliography

Photos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

1-4950-5042-4

OCLC:

1084679169