About this title: Joining forces with biographer-scholar Penelope Niven, Jones writes of his early years living in a Mississippi sharecropper's shack, his boyhood in a small town in Michigan and his eventual arrival in New York, where he got to know his father, the actor Robert Earl Jones, and embarked on an acting career himself. Following powerful performances off-Broadway in Genet's 'The Blacks' and Fugard's 'The Blood Knot', he earned Broadway stardom and a Tony award for his portrayal of Jack Jefferson in 'The Great White Hope'. He went on to 'Othello', Paul Robeson and the part of Troy Maxson in August ...
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Description: Good. 0879109696 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Limelight Editions
Date Published: 2004-08-01
ISBN-13:0073999326659
Description: VG+ Very Good in NONE jacket. Trade Paperback. Signed by James Earl Jones. Small bump on right front Corner. Otherwise, Book is like new with all pages clean. Binding is tight and square. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: SCRIBNER. NY 1993
Date Published: 1993
Description: Dust Jacket Included. Signed by Author(s) SIGNED by James Earl Jones on the title page. Fine in dj. The distinguished actor's autobiography. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Full leather
Publisher: Easton Press, Norwalk Ct.
Date Published: 1993
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. 393 p. Includes: illustrations, index. Signed First Edition. Dark red leather with standard Easton Press binding including gilt stamped spine and covers, raised bands, all edges gilt, moiré endpapers, satin ribbon, etc. Fine. A compelling memoir of this distinguished actor. read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Description: Like New. Book appears unread, but may have a publisher's mark or minor shelf wear. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
Description: Like New. Book appears unread, but may have a publisher's mark or minor shelf wear. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. d. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PROSCENIUM PUBL/LIMELIGHT EDIT
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780879109691ISBN:0879109696
Description: New. As this book explores the upbringing of James Earl Jones so does it discover his beginnings as an actor. As Jones delves deeply into his memory, so we venture deep into the rural south of his origins and early life, deep into his turbulent family his... read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Pictorial Wrapper
Publisher: Limelight Editions, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780879109691ISBN:0879109696
Description: Near Fine. Trade Paperback. Octavo: 7¾"-9¾" Tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Copy is very bright and crisp, feels unopened, unread. Small nick at back corner of spine crown, barely noticable. A couple of small dings and indentations, else fine. Gift quality. Illustrated with b&w photos on glossy stock. 421pp. read more
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