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Life itself : a memoir / Roger Ebert.

Ebert, Roger. (Author).

Summary:

The film critic best known for his "Chicago Sun-Times" reviews and his thirty years as co-host of "Siskel & Ebert at the Movies" describes his life and career, including his recovery from alcoholism and the complications from thyroid cancer treatment.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780446584975
  • ISBN: 0446584975
  • Physical Description: ix, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Grand Central Pub., 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 410 East Washington 13 -- 2 My People 23 -- 3 My Old Man 33 -- 4 My Mother 51 -- 5 / St. Mary's Mary's, St. 64 -- 6 Dan-Dan the Yo-Yo Man 74 -- 7 Summer 30 -- 8 Car, Table, Counter, or TakHomaSak 91 -- 9 Blackie 98 -- 10 My Vocation 106 -- 11 Newspaper Days 115 -- 12 High School 130 -- 13 University 140 -- 14 Daily Illini 156 -- 15 My Trip to Hollywood 166 -- 16 Cape Town 171 -- 17 London Perambulating 180 -- 18 Eyrie Mansion 188 -- 19 All by Myself Alone 207 -- 20 Sun-Times 217 -- 21 My New Job 236 -- 22 Zonka 253 -- 23 McHugh 275 -- 24 O'Rourke's 285 -- 25 Leisure of the Theory Class 295 -- 26 Alcoholism 304 -- 27 Books Do Furnish a Room 318 -- 28 / Russ Meyer Meyer, Russ 325 -- 29 Interviewer 347 -- 30 / Lee Marvin Marvin, Lee 357 -- 31 / Robert Mitchum Mitchum, Robert 368 -- 32 / Big John Wayne Wayne, Big John 392 -- 33 "Irving! Brang em on!" 405 -- 34 Ingmar Bergman 422 -- 35 Martin Scorsese 434 -- 36 "Fiddle on the corner where the quarters are" 448 -- 37 "I wasn't popular when people thought I was popular" 456 -- 38 Werner Herzog 467 -- 39 Bill Nack 477 -- 40 Sweetest Set of Wheels in Town 484 -- 41 Gene Siskel 493 -- 42 Jugular 512 -- 43 Talk Shows 523 -- 44 When I Laughed in Study Hall 539 -- 45 My Romances 545 -- 46 Chaz 571 -- 47 Good News and Bad News 588 -- 48 Nil by Mouth 596 -- 49 Musing My Mind 606 -- 50 Putting a New Face on Things 613 -- 51 High School Reunion 619 -- 52 Studs 625 -- 53 My Last Words 633 -- 54 How I Believe in God 639 -- 55 Go Gently 649.
Subject: Ebert, Roger.
Film critics > United States > Biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.

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