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An American Boy

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An edition of Liberace (2000)

Liberace

An American Boy

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"While wildly successful and good-natured outwardly, Liberace, Pyron reveals, was a complicated man whose political, social, and religious conservatism existed side-by-side with a lifetime of secret homosexuality. Liberace: An American Boy relates this private man to the public persona and places this remarkable life in the rapidly changing cultural landscape of the United States in the twentieth century.".

"Pyron presents Liberace's life as a metaphor, for both good and ill, of modern America, with its endless shopping malls and insatiable hunger for celebrity. In this biography, Pyron complicates and celebrates our images of the man for whom the streets were paved with gold lame and whose excesses helped destroy him."--BOOK JACKET.

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University Of Chicago Press
Language
English
Pages
512

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Subjects

Biography, Pianists, Liberace, 1919-1987, Pianists, biography, New York Times reviewed

People

Liberace, Liberace (1919-1987)

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United States
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Cover of: Liberace
Liberace: an American Boy
2013, University of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: Liberace
Liberace: An American Boy
2013, University of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: Liberace
Liberace: An American Boy
June 1, 2001, University Of Chicago Press
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
Cover of: Liberace
Liberace: An American Boy
June 15, 2000, University Of Chicago Press
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Table of Contents

Preface
Page 7
One. Wisconsin Rhythm and Blues
Page 17
Two. The Great Escape
Page 42
Three. Sows' Ears/Silk Purses
Page 69
Four. Chico and Chopin
Page 97
Five. The Successful Unknown
Page 130
Six. Lucky Channel 13
Page 158
Seven. Music for a Mama's Boy
Page 180
Eight. The Shoals of Fame
Page 217
Nine. You Can Be Sure If It's Westinghouse
Page 251
Ten. Getting Back
Page 289
Eleven. Trompe L'oeil
Page 318
Twelve. An Image in the Water
Page 352
Thirteen. The Garden of Earthly Pleasures
Page 383
Fourteen. Peter Pan
Page 411
Fifteen. Et Lux Perpetua
Page 449
Epilogue
Page 475
Notes
Page 493
Index
Page 554
Photo Section
Page 580

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

Classifications

Library of Congress
ML417.L67 P97 2000, ML417.L67P97 2000

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
512
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.8 x 1.6 inches
Weight
0.2 ounces

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Open Library
OL9607840M
Internet Archive
liberaceamerican00pyro
ISBN 10
0226686671
ISBN 13
9780226686677
LCCN
99089031
OCLC/WorldCat
43060603
Library Thing
1317716
Goodreads
1415588

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