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Liberace - An American Boy

English · Paperback / Softback

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"Liberace" . . . puts Darden Pyron in the very first rank of American biographers. His books are as exciting as the lives of his subjects."-Tom Wolfe In this fascinating biography, Darden Asbury Pyron leads us through the public triumphs, private struggles, and numerous secrets of the man known to generations as "Mr. Showmanship," deftly placing Liberace's remarkable life in the rapidly changing cultural landscape of the United States in the twentieth century, and providing the far-ranging, insightful analysis necessary to understand one of the most popular entertainers in the nation's history.

About the author

Darden Asbury Pyron teaches history at Florida International University in Miami. He is the author of the national bestseller "Southern Daughter: The Life of Margaret Mitchell" and editor of "Recasting: Gone with the Wind in American Culture."

Summary

Liberace's career follows the trajectory of the classic American dream. This volume reveals Liberace as a complicated man whose political, social and religious conservatism existed side-by-side with a lifetime of secretive homosexuality.

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