Marilyn Monroe : The Biography – Donald Spoto

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This biography of Marilyn Monroe based on her personal archive of over 35,000 documents – including letters, diaries, billets doux and suicide notes – aims to reveal the truth about Monroe’s death and names the names. It overturns many myths about Marilyn and contains several revelations about Marilyn’s life.
The Truth finally, this blockbuster biography is the only book on Marilyn to based on her own diaries and letter and private papers. For the first time, we are told the true story of the life and death of the most celebrated woman of the century.
The author interviewed over 150 friends and colleagues.Biographer and historian Donald Spoto believes the goal of the biographer is first and foremost to tell the truth.
‘Our purpose,’ he said, ‘is to set the record straight, celebrate lives, and set forth certain aspects of history and human behavior that is good for people to read about.’
After 19 thoroughly researched books, he’s earned the right to say, ‘The biographer is obliged to tell the truth–even at the risk of saying something good about someone. I know it’s not popular today, for we are part of a culture of gossip and innuendo, and professionalism in writing has taken a back seat.’
Professionalism has never been a stranger in Spoto’s life. Following a 12-year stint as a university professor, Spoto decided to pour out his passion for the films of Alfred Hitchcock into a book, and came up with The Art of Alfred Hitchcock, now considered a classic in the genre of film analysis. Hitchcock supported Spoto’s premier effort, and when Hitchcock died in 1980, it was logical for Spoto to undertake the biography, which is still in print in more than 20 languages after the passing of 17 years.
Since the late 1970s, it’s been an interesting ride for the academician who brings his scholarship, tenacity, and dedication to each book project which, to date, have included such subjects as Marlene Dietrich, Tennessee Williams, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and many other stellar personalities.
The Author “Spoto believes that the biographer’s first writing tool is serious research, with a deep respect for the truth, a skill he learned pursuing his Ph.D. degree. And, the first stop for any dedicated researcher is a library, he said, where you can touch and feel the books. ‘There is no substitution for the library,’ he added. ‘I have never found online research particularly helpful; it might be for students, but in my experience there is nothing more beneficial than having the full text in front of you, and you can only get that in a library. Online resources are often inaccurate.”

Book: Hardcover exceptional clean and fresh internally, free from any ink inscriptions, the dust wrapper is in very good condition, and covered in cellophane for extra protections. 750 pages with an index, with several black and white glossy photographs. Indeed a good find. First Edition. A very heavy book, paper quality exceptional. See OUR OWN photograph of this book for quality control

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SKU: 9780701140250 Category: Title: Marilyn Monroe : The Biography
Author: Donald Spoto
Publisher: Chatto and Windus London
Year: 1993
ISBN10: 0701140259
ISBN13: 9780701140250
Condition: Very Good
Format: Hardcover
Inventory No: 1164

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This biography of Marilyn Monroe based on her personal archive of over 35,000 documents – including letters, diaries, billets doux and suicide notes – aims to reveal the truth about Monroe’s death and names the names. It overturns many myths about Marilyn and contains several revelations about Marilyn’s life.
The Truth finally, this blockbuster biography is the only book on Marilyn to based on her own diaries and letter and private papers. For the first time, we are told the true story of the life and death of the most celebrated woman of the century.
The author interviewed over 150 friends and colleagues.Biographer and historian Donald Spoto believes the goal of the biographer is first and foremost to tell the truth.
‘Our purpose,’ he said, ‘is to set the record straight, celebrate lives, and set forth certain aspects of history and human behavior that is good for people to read about.’
After 19 thoroughly researched books, he’s earned the right to say, ‘The biographer is obliged to tell the truth–even at the risk of saying something good about someone. I know it’s not popular today, for we are part of a culture of gossip and innuendo, and professionalism in writing has taken a back seat.’
Professionalism has never been a stranger in Spoto’s life. Following a 12-year stint as a university professor, Spoto decided to pour out his passion for the films of Alfred Hitchcock into a book, and came up with The Art of Alfred Hitchcock, now considered a classic in the genre of film analysis. Hitchcock supported Spoto’s premier effort, and when Hitchcock died in 1980, it was logical for Spoto to undertake the biography, which is still in print in more than 20 languages after the passing of 17 years.
Since the late 1970s, it’s been an interesting ride for the academician who brings his scholarship, tenacity, and dedication to each book project which, to date, have included such subjects as Marlene Dietrich, Tennessee Williams, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and many other stellar personalities.
The Author “Spoto believes that the biographer’s first writing tool is serious research, with a deep respect for the truth, a skill he learned pursuing his Ph.D. degree. And, the first stop for any dedicated researcher is a library, he said, where you can touch and feel the books. ‘There is no substitution for the library,’ he added. ‘I have never found online research particularly helpful; it might be for students, but in my experience there is nothing more beneficial than having the full text in front of you, and you can only get that in a library. Online resources are often inaccurate.”

Book: Hardcover exceptional clean and fresh internally, free from any ink inscriptions, the dust wrapper is in very good condition, and covered in cellophane for extra protections. 750 pages with an index, with several black and white glossy photographs. Indeed a good find. First Edition. A very heavy book, paper quality exceptional. See OUR OWN photograph of this book for quality control

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Weight 1.29 kg
Dimensions 24.1 × 16.5 × 6 cm

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