Singing to a Bulldog: From Happy Days to Hollywood Director, and the Unlikely Mentor Who Got Me There (SIGNED)

Williams, Anson

ISBN 10: 1621452255 / ISBN 13: 9781621452256

Edité par Reader's Digest, 2014

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Brand new, unread copy of first edition, first printing. Signed by author on title page. Mint condition. N° de réf. du vendeur C1438

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Titre : Singing to a Bulldog: From Happy Days to ...

Éditeur : Reader's Digest

Date d'édition : 2014

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : New

Etat de la jaquette : New

Signé : Signed by Author(s)

Edition : 1st Edition

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Synopsis :

Growing up in 1950s California, young Anson William Heimlich showed very little promise. Clumsy, unsure of himself, and made to feel like a failure by his disappointed artist of a dad, Anson started working odd jobs as a teenager to help support his family. His boss at one of these jobs, an aging African-American janitor named Willie, unexpectedly became a mentor--and the lessons he taught young Anson proved to be invaluable throughout his subsequent career as an actor, director, and entrepreneur. In Singing to a Bulldog, Anson Williams (as he came to be known) relates both these lessons and the never-before-revealed stories of the many seminal TV series he has worked on and the famous (and not-so-famous) folks he's encountered during his 40 years in Hollywood, including: - being directed by Steven Spielberg in his first dramatic role - getting kidnapped by Gerald Ford's daughter at the White House - subbing for Sammy Davis, Jr., as a headliner with Bill Cosby - being humbled by Sunny, a young volunteer for the Cerebral Palsy National Organization - mentoring Shailene Woodley on the set of The Secret Life of the American Teenager and many more. This compelling read has a cross-generational and broad appeal, combining all the fun of a celebrity memoir with the emotional impact of an inspirational bestseller. With Singing to a Bulldog, Anson Williams brings his gift of storytelling to a new medium in a book that is sure to touch readers' hearts and lives as profoundly as Willie once touched his.