Moon River and Me: A Memoir [SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Williams, Andy

Published by Viking, published by the Penguin Group, New York, 2009

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As new condition dark gray boards with gold spine lettering, contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Dedication and Acknowledgments. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Signed by the author with thick black Sharpie on a Viking publisher bookplate affixed to the second free front half title page. "A remarkable memoir by one of the most popular and beloved entertainers of the twentieth century. When in the mid-1950s Andy Williams reached a low point in his career, singing in a series of ever seedier dives to ever smaller audiences, the young man from Wall Lake, Iowa, had little inkling of the success that he would one day achieve. But by the time his voice was declared "a national treasure" by President Ronald Reagan he had charted eighteen gold and three platinum record albums, headlined at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for more than twenty years, and hosted an enormously popular weekly television series whose Christmas specials still occupy a tender spot in every baby boomer's heart. In Moon River and Me, his long-awaited autobiography, Andy Williams tells the extraordinary story of a career that has flourished for nearly three-quarters of a century and made its mark in every branch of show business. Raised by a father who was single-mindedly determined to see his four sons become famous performers, Andy spent much of his youth moving across the country, landing wherever he and his brothers might have a bigger opportunity, and eventually winding up in Hollywood. It was there that they caught the eye of the gifted entertainer Kay Thompson, who created an acclaimed nightclub act with the Williams Brothers that toured the country for four years. When Andy set off for a solo career in 1952, however, the fame he had enjoyed with Thompson began to slip away, and he soon found himself struggling to even support himself. But a lucky break led to a job on Steve Allen's Tonight Show, and within only a few short years his plushly beautiful tenor became one of the most recognizable voices in popular music. Andy shares not only the triumphs and setbacks of his career but his memories of the many notable people he came to know (including Judy Garland, Henry Mancini, Jack Lemmon, John Lennon, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, and Elton John), writing particularly movingly about his close friendship with Bobby Kennedy. For everyone who grew up with the voice of Andy Williams as the sound track to their romances, their holidays, and their family gatherings, Moon River and Me will be a welcome - and often surprising - self-portrait of a warm, funny, generous, and always captivating man." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Seller Inventory # 006681

Bibliographic Details

Title: Moon River and Me: A Memoir [SIGNED FIRST ...

Publisher: Viking, published by the Penguin Group, New York

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition