Never Have Your Dog Stuffed : And Other Things I've Learned by Alan Alda (2005, Hardcover)

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Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned

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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-101400064090
ISBN-139781400064090
eBay Product ID (ePID)45874841

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Book TitleNever Have Your Dog Stuffed : and Other Things I've Learned
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicGeneral, Entertainment & Performing Arts
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography
AuthorAlan Alda
FormatHardcover

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Item Height1 in
Item Weight19.1 Oz
Item Length6.3 in
Item Width9.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-050135
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal792.028092
SynopsisHe's one of America's most recognizable and acclaimed actorsa star on Broadway, an Oscar nominee for The Aviator, and the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing, during his eleven years on M*A*S*H. Now Alan Alda has written a memoir as elegant, funny, and affecting as his greatest performances. "My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six," begins Alda's irresistible story. The son of a popular actor and a loving but mentally ill mother, he spent his early childhood backstage in the erotic and comic world of burlesque and went on, after early struggles, to achieve extraordinary success in his profession. YetNever Have Your Dog Stuffedis not a memoir of show-business ups and downs. It is a moving and funny story of a boy growing into a man who then realizes he has only just begun to grow. It is the story of turning points in Alda's life, events that would make him what he isif only he could survive them. From the moment as a boy when his dead dog is returned from the taxidermist's shop with a hideous expression on his face, and he learns that death can't be undone, to the decades-long effort to find compassion for the mother he lived with but never knew, to his acceptance of his father, both personally and professionally, Alda learns the hard way that change, uncertainty, and transformation are what life is made of, and true happiness is found in embracing them. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed, filled with curiosity about nature, good humor, and honesty, is the crowning achievement of an actor, author, and director, but surprisingly, it is the story of a life more filled with turbulence and laughter than any Alda has ever played on the stage or screen.
LC Classification NumberPN2287.A45A3 2005

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