{"product_id":"lives-and-letters-9780374298821","title":"Lives and Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe product of a lifetime immersed in the literary, performing arts, and entertainment worlds, \u003ci\u003eLives and Letters \u003c\/i\u003espotlights the work, careers, intimate lives, and lasting achievements of a vast array of celebrated writers and performers in film, theater, and dance, and some of the more curious iconic public figures of our times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the world of literature, Charles Dickens, James Thurber, Judith Krantz, John Steinbeck, and Rudyard Kipling; the controversies surrounding Bruno Bettelheim and Elia Kazan; and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and her editor, Maxwell Perkins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom dance and theater, Isadora Duncan and Margot Fonteyn, Serge Diaghilev and George Balanchine, Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Hollywood, Bing Crosby and Judy Garland, Douglas Fairbanks and Lillian Gish, Tallulah Bankhead and Katharine Hepburn, Mae West and Anna May Wong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn New York, Diana Vreeland, the Trumps, and Gottlieb's own take on the contretemps that followed his replacing William Shawn at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd so much more . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374298821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.39w x 1.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Literary Award - Runner-Up\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2011 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Robert Gottlieb","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43140438950069,"sku":"9780374298821","price":36.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_eb9a8ad5-7223-4dd1-962d-e0373036e1cd.jpg?v=1695699236","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lives-and-letters-9780374298821","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}