Bing Crosby by Gary Giddins | Free Audiobook

03/06/2004 21h 58min
Bing Crosby by Gary Giddins | Free Audiobook

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Title: Bing Crosby

Author: Gary Giddins

Narrator: Edward Lewis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-03-04

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrity Bios

Summary:

In his commanding biography, the eminent cultural critic Gary Giddins takes us on the remarkable journey that brought a provincial young law student from Spokane, Washington, to the pinnacle of the entertainment world. Giddins chronicles Crosby's rise from college minstrel shows through vaudeville; from Paul Whiteman's orchestra to matchless success in Hollywood; from his courtship of the beautiful and tragic Dixie Lee to his triumphs as the sportsman who created the first celebrity pro-am golf tournament and helped build the Del Mar racetrack.

Written with the critical insight and stylistic mastery readers have come to expect from Giddins, this definitive biography rescues Crosby from mythographers and debunkers alike. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and unprecedented access to numerous archives, Giddins dramatizes the ascension of pop and firmly reclaims Crosby's central role in American cultural history.

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