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Sterling Hayden was at the peak of his earning power as a star when he suddenly quit. He walked out on Hollywood, walked out of a shattered marriage, defied the courts, and, broke and an outlaw, set sail with his four children in the schooner Wanderer--bound for the South Seas.
Long before he was an actor, Hayden was a seaman. He had sailed before the mast and as mate and captain in sailing ships. He had been a Grand Banks fisherman. Then Hollywood offered him a screen test. Pushed to stardom, he became the leading man to one of the screen's most beautiful women, and the money began to flow. With money and fame, however, came a gnawing dissatisfaction with his life.
His attempt to escape launches this autobiography. It is the candid, sometimes painfully revealing confession of a man who scrutinizes his every self-defeat and self-betrayal in the unblinking light of conscience. It is also the triumph of a complex and contradictory man, still a rebel and a seeker, undefeated by his failure to find himself in love, adventure, drink, or escape to the South Seas.
It is, as Eugene Burdick said of it, "utterly fascinating, written by a man who has been able to achieve an honesty about himself which is almost unique."
Sterling Hayden was at the peak of his earning power as a star when he suddenly quit. He walked out on Hollywood, walked out of a shattered marriage, defied the courts, and, broke and an outlaw, set sail with his four children in the schooner Wanderer--bound for the South Seas.
Long before he was an actor, Hayden was a seaman. He had sailed before the mast and as mate and captain in sailing ships. He had been a Grand Banks fisherman. Then Hollywood offered him a screen test. Pushed to stardom, he became the leading man to one of the screen's most beautiful women, and the money began to flow. With money and fame, however, came a gnawing dissatisfaction with his life.
His attempt to escape launches this autobiography. It is the candid, sometimes painfully revealing confession of a man who scrutinizes his every self-defeat and self-betrayal in the unblinking light of conscience. It is also the triumph of a complex and contradictory man, still a rebel and a seeker, undefeated by his failure to find himself in love, adventure, drink, or escape to the South Seas.
It is, as Eugene Burdick said of it, "utterly fascinating, written by a man who has been able to achieve an honesty about himself which is almost unique."
Erscheinungsjahr: | 1977 |
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Genre: | Sport |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
Thema: | Wassersport& Segeln |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 480 |
ISBN-13: | 9780393336283 |
ISBN-10: | 039333628X |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Hayden, Sterling |
Hersteller: | W. W. Norton & Company |
Maße: | 216 x 140 x 28 mm |
Von/Mit: | Sterling Hayden |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.12.1977 |
Gewicht: | 0,671 kg |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 1977 |
---|---|
Genre: | Sport |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
Thema: | Wassersport& Segeln |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 480 |
ISBN-13: | 9780393336283 |
ISBN-10: | 039333628X |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Hayden, Sterling |
Hersteller: | W. W. Norton & Company |
Maße: | 216 x 140 x 28 mm |
Von/Mit: | Sterling Hayden |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.12.1977 |
Gewicht: | 0,671 kg |