Books by A. Scott Berg and Complete Book Reviews
A. Scott Berg, Author , read by Tony Goldwyn. Putnam Berkley Audio $39.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-399-15166-8
Berg's memoir of Katharine Hepburn was written over a number of years but held back, according to Hepburn's wishes, until her death (on June 29, 2003, at the age of 96). One of the most telling passages in Berg's love letter to the four-t
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A. Scott Berg, Author Putnam $30 (628p) ISBN 978-0-399-14449-3
Lindbergh, writes Berg, was ""the most celebrated living person ever to walk the earth."" It's a brash statement for a biography that makes its points through a wealth of fact rather than editorial (or psychological) surmise, but after the 1927 solo
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A. Scott Berg, Author Ballantine Books $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-345-36582-8
``This comprehensive, amusing account of Goldwyn's private life and lengthy career as a Hollywood studio head depicts an often unscrupulous businessman, gambler, woman-chaser and inadequate father,'' wrote PW . ``This is a thoroughly engrossing book
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A. Scott Berg, Author Alfred A. Knopf $24.95 (579p) ISBN 978-0-394-51059-0
In his first 40 years, poor, Warsaw-born Shmuel Gelbfisz walked 500 miles to Hamburg, then from London to Liverpool, arrived in America at 19, became a U.S. citizen as Sam Goldfish, worked as a glove salesman, established a company to produce and...
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A. Scott Berg. Putnam, $40 (832p) ISBN 978-0-399-15921-3
This won’t replace John Milton Cooper Jr.’s superb 2009 biography of the United States’ 28th president (Woodrow Wilson), and one could argue that Berg’s isn’t needed so soon after Cooper’s; other than two caches of papers belonging to Wilson’s...
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A. Scott Berg, Author, A. Scott Berg, Illustrator Putnam $25.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-399-15164-4
Even those who've read many Hepburn biographies will find Berg's immersion in the actor's world engrossing, full of crisply-voiced takes on old Hollywood and intimate looks at her everyday life. As a longtime friend and ardent fan, Berg (Lindbergh;...
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A. Scott Berg, Author, Roddy McDowall, Read by , read by Roddy McDowall. New Millennium Audio $18 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59007-167-0
Samuel Goldwyn (born Schmuel Goldfisz) will be known throughout history for his films—which include The Best Years of Our Lives
and Wuthering Heights—
and his "Goldwynisms" ("I had a great idea this morning, but I didn't
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