Life itself : a memoir

Ebert, Roger.

Large Print 2011

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.

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ISBN:

9781455504121
1455504122

Edition:

Large print edition

Description:

x, 660 pages (large print) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Contents:

Memory
410 East Washington
My people
My old man
My mother
St. Mary's
Dan-Dan the yo-yo man
Summer
Car, table, counter, or TakHomaSak
Blackie
My vocation
Newspaper days
High school
University
The Daily Illini
My trip to Hollywood
Cape Town
London Peramulating
Eyrie Mansion
All by myself alone
Sun-Times
My new job
Zonka
McHugh
O'Rourke's
Leisure of the theory class
Alcoholism
Books do furnish a room
Russ Meyer
The interviewer
Lee Marvin
Robert Mitchum
Big John Wayne
"Irving! Brang 'em on!"
Ingmar Bergman
Martin Scorcese
"Fiddle on the corner where the quarters are"
"I wasn't popular when people thought I was popular"
Werner Herzog
Bill Nack
The sweetest set of wheels in town
Gene Siskel
Jugular
The talk shows
When I laughed in study hall
My romances
Chaz
Good news and bad news
Nil by mouth
Putting a new face on things
High school reunion
Studs
My last words
How I believe in God
Go gently

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812003

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