When you talk about the “Golden Age” of Hollywood, Jimmy Stewart is right on top of the list of notables, to this day, who is still revered as an icon in movies that are timeless, and continue to be enjoyed by ongoing generations!
In fact, Jimmy Stewart is like a family heirloom! We watched “It’s A Wonderful Life” with our parents when we were younger, and as we grew up and had our own children, we shared this wonderful “Americana” classic each holiday season with them. Now we join our children with their families, as Jimmy Stewart’s “magic” lives on!
JIMMY STEWART
A Wonderful Life
by
Jonathan Coe
Jonathan Coe, the author of this beautifully illustrated book with 150 captivating photographs and well written commentary, takes you through Jimmy Stewart’s “forty-three years and seventy-seven film career as a leading man to a national idol.” Jimmy Stewart was the epitome of what was perceived as the “Ideal American Male”! A quote from Harry Truman really says it all! “If Bess and I had a son we’d want him to be like Jimmy Stewart!”
Mr.Coe presents an admirable acknowledgement of, not only the “legendary Jimmy Stewart”, but the “private Jimmy Stewart”, as well as skillfully writing and presenting images of Mr. Stewart’s “Wonderful Life”!
You’ll want “Jimmy Stewart: A Wonderful Life”, by Jonathan Coe in your private collection, as Mr. Coe has “given us an insightful biography of Jimmy Stewart packaged in a beautiful picture-stuffed keepsake edition.”
The price of the book is $24.95 and may be purchased at:
http://www.arcadepub.com/book/?GCOI=55970107328390
(Available in Hardcover and also as an ebook)
This book easily receives a 5-Star review and gratitude to Mr.Coe for such a grand tribute to Mr. Jimmy Stewart!
About the Author:
“Jonathan Coe is a journalist who writes for the Guardian and the London Review of Books. He is the author of a biography of Humphrey Bogart and three novels. Mr. Coe lives in London.”
Awards include:
• Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger
• Prix Medicis Etranger
• Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
• Samuel Johnson Prize
(Quotes and paraphrased information in this review was obtained from a provided Press Release Fact Sheet from Arcade Publishing. Any personal commentary was my own opinion gleaned from reading this book.)