The Garner Files: A Memoir
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Tantor Media, Inc. 2011
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After suffering physical abuse at the hands of his stepmother, James Garner left home at fourteen. He became Oklahoma's first draftee of the Korean War and was awarded with two Purple Hearts before returning to the United States and settling in Los Angeles to become an actor. Working alongside some of the most renowned celebrities, including Julie Andrews, Marlon Brando, and Clint Eastwood, Garner became a star in his own right, despite struggles with stage fright and depression. In The Garner Files, this revered actor and quintessential self-made man recalls "trying to decipher" William Wyler with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine, breaking Doris Day's ribs, having a "heart-to-heart and eyeball-to-eyeball" with Steve McQueen, being "a card-carrying liberal-and proud of it," and much more.This audiobook features an introduction by Julie Andrews read by Wanda McCaddon.
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OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive Listen
Edition:
Unabridged
Street Date:
11/01/2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781452624914
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James Garner. (2011). The Garner Files: A Memoir. Unabridged Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)James Garner. 2011. The Garner Files: A Memoir. Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)James Garner, The Garner Files: A Memoir. Tantor Media, Inc, 2011.
MLA Citation (style guide)James Garner. The Garner Files: A Memoir. Unabridged Tantor Media, Inc, 2011.
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Though Garner fans are agingâinevitable, since the star himself is 84-years-oldâthere are plenty who'll snap up this enjoyable memoir. Having gained a loyal following through TV series such as Maverick and The Rockford Files, and films including The Great Escape and The Notebook, Garner has remained in the public eye for more than six decades. Wherever you fall on the Garner spectrum, there's plenty to love in this book. Garner (or more likely Winokur) has a knack for telling a story and finding the perfect quote to tie it all together. Summing up his difficult childhood, which included an alcoholic father and an abusive stepmother, Garner says he lived through "The Depression. In Oklahoma. In the dust. After that, studio executives don't bother you at all." He fell into acting because "a woman pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office" and he pulled in. In describing meeting his wife, Garner says he "fell in love for the first and last time on August 1, 1956." Even if this charming book has some choppy and random moments, it still resembles a conversation with an old friend who loves to tell colorful stories.
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