An autobiography of Tony Curtis, without question a Hollywood legend and part of its Golden Age. It tells his story, from his hard-knock childhood growing up in the Bronx to his wild days as a Hollywood playboy, his destructive drug addiction and his life as an artist in his eighties.
At the height of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tony Curtis starred in Houdini and Spartacus , and made comedy history with Jack Lemmon in the unforgettable Some Like It Hot . This autobiography describes the people he has known during his long, illustrious career, his co-stars, the studio owners, his wives, his lovers and his friends.
In 1949, Humpy Wheeler attended his first NASCAR race aged 11, and from then on spent as much time in the pits as he could, coming to know many of the sport's leading pioneers, and working in just about every job NASCAR had. This blow-by-blow account takes the reader from the early days of rough-and-ready stock car racing.
For 34 years, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, berated his players and tormented Yankees managers and employees. He played fast and loose with the rules, and twice could have gone to jail. This is his biography.