My Life by Burt Reynolds (1994) Hardcover

My Life
by Burt Reynolds
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Copyright:  1994
FIRST EDITION

There are stars, and then there is Burt Reynolds. For almost three decades, he has been in a class by himself. Number 1 at the box office. The Picasso of car pictures. Emmy Award winner. From such early television series as Gunsmoke and Dan August to the blockbuster films Deliverance and Smokey and the Bandit to the headline-making romances with some of Hollywood's most famous women, Burt has made his own unique, entertaining impression in the hearts and minds of the world's moviegoing public.

Now, after years of declining to write his autobiography, this beloved, emulated, and lusted-after leading man provides a captivating backstage tour through his incredible life story -- his colorful road to stardom, his escapades as Hollywood's most outrageous good ol' boy, anecdotes about his famous friends, his uphill recuperation from a confounding injury that generated AIDS rumors and nearly destroyed his career, and, of course, the passionate love affairs that have kept armchair romantics and gossip columnists buzzing for years.

Raised in Riviera, Florida, a hardscrabble fishing town Reynolds grew up in the tall shadow cast by his tough father, the city's chief of police. His early life was spent trying to capture attention and affection. Helped along by natural athletic gifts, he was a football standout in high school and college, until a knee injury derailed his dreams of a pro career. He started acting almost as an afterthought, but his intense competitiveness coupled with an unsuspected depth of feeling propelled him toward new levels of achievement even he never envisioned.

The result is a tale that careens from Broadway through Hollywood's backlots with the exciting twists, turns, and wild adventures of a moonshiner outrunning the cops In a self-deprecating, often comical voice -- made famous on his many Tonight show spots -- Reynolds holds forth on TV series such as Rawhide and Gunsmoke, his disastrous first marriage to actress Judy Carne, what it was like playing a string of Native Americans and film heavies, and the bare facts about posing for his Cosmopolitan centerfold.

His delicious anecdotes are unsparing. With both wit and wisdom Reynolds talks of his run-in with Raquel Welch; his long friendship with Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, John Wayne, and many others; playing poker with Frank Sinatra; and why it was ultimately worth $500,000 to punch out a director.

And then there are the women -- those he wishes he could have married, including Dinah Shore, Sally Field, and Chris Evert, rather than the woman he did marry, the voluptuous Loni Anderson. Reynolds reveals the dramatic and shocking truth of their celebrated marriage -- how they met, the perception of them as the perfect-looking "couple atop the wedding cake," how he finally became a father, and how the marriage ultimately turned into a living nightmare he had to escape. It's finally Burt's own words on exactly what happened between him and "The Countess." Whatever the perception of Burt Reynolds has been, this book ensures that it will never be the same.

Condition: Used. Good condition. Hardcover. Dust cover. Dust cover edges show edge wear.  Dust cover flaps and pages may be tanning from age. Previous owner's name and date are written on the front endpaper. There's a sleeve pasted to the front endpaper with an index card. It's how the previous owner kept track of her books. There's a store sticker on the front cover.

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