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ST. MARTIN'S PRESS OCTOBER 2012<br />
The Man Who Saw a Ghost<br />
The Life and Work of Henry Fonda<br />
Devin McKinney<br />
The first major biography of the iconic actor Henry Fonda, a<br />
story of stardom, manhood, and the American character<br />
Henry Fonda's performances—in The Grapes of Wrath, Young Mr. Lincoln,<br />
The Lady Eve, 12 Angry Men, On Golden Pond—helped define "American" in<br />
the twentieth century. He worked with movie masters from Ford and Sturges<br />
to Hitchcock and Leone. He was a Broadway legend. He fought in World War II<br />
and was loved the world over.<br />
BIOGRAPHY &<br />
AUTOBIOGRAPHY /<br />
ENTERTAINMENT &<br />
PERFORMING ARTS<br />
St. Martin's Press | October 2012<br />
9781250008411 | $29.99/$34.50 Can.<br />
Hardback | 400 pages | Carton Qty: 16<br />
9.25in H | 6.13in W<br />
Inlcudes 14 b&w photos throughout plus two<br />
16-page b&w photo inserts<br />
Other Available Formats:<br />
Ebook ISBN: 9781250017765<br />
MARKETING<br />
* National Print Publicity<br />
* Also Available as an E-book: 978-1-250-<br />
01776-5<br />
Yet much of his life was rage and struggle. Why did Fonda marry five times—<br />
tempestuously to actress Margaret Sullavan, tragically to heiress Frances<br />
Brokaw, mother of Jane and Peter? Was he a man of integrity, worthy of the<br />
heroes he played, or the harsh father his children describe, the iceman who went<br />
onstage hours after his wife killed herself? Why did suicide shadow his life and<br />
art? What memories troubled him so?<br />
McKinney’s Fonda is dark, complex, fascinating, and a product of glamour<br />
and acclaim, early losses and Midwestern demons—a man haunted by what he'd<br />
seen, and by who he was.<br />
PRAISE<br />
“How many different ways can I mean to call this book essential? The sentences, in<br />
honor of their subject, threaten to explode with implication and insight.” —Jonathan<br />
Lethem, author of Chronic City and Motherless Brooklyn<br />
“Henry Fonda may have been the strangest, most compelling male movie star Hollywood<br />
ever spawned, and McKinney reveals him as even stranger and more compelling. In<br />
addition, this may be the single best piece of writing of any sort you’ll see this year.”<br />
—Luc Sante, author of Low Life<br />
DEVIN MCKINNEY, author of Magic Circles: The Beatles In Dream And History, has written<br />
for The Village Voice, The Oxford American, The Guardian, The American Prospect, and Film<br />
Quarterly. He lives in central Pennsylvania.<br />
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