Intermission: A True Story.
Baxter, Anne.
Place Published: New York:
Publisher: G.P. Putman's Sons,
Date Published: 1976.
Description: FIRST EDITION, STATED FIFTH IMPRESSION. The book is NEAR FINE with very lightly cocked spine. The dust jacket is VERY GOOD with chipping/closed tearing to edges. NOT price-clipped. 384 pages. Comes with BRODART jacket cover. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke & Duchess of Windsor..and other curious subjects. Dust jacket notes read: "Academy Award-winning actress Anne Baxter writes with intensity and com- passion about four years in the Australian outback. Adding another creative dimension to her career with this stunning first book, Miss Baxter continues in her lifelong tradition of collecting challenges the way some women collect diamonds. She fully recounts the greatest challenge of her life: moving, at the height of her career, to the harsh outback of Australia to be with the man she loved. The move to Australia, 8,670 miles from Hollywood, was in its way a wild 'I dare you.' Here is the whole story of Miss Baxter's attempt to tame and civilize a remote, harsh spot in the Australian wilderness and provide a home for her husband and two children. Interspersed throughout the book are flashbacks to Anne Baxter's professional career: her stepping onto the Broadway stage for the first time at thirteen years of age and behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the casting and filming of such film classics as All About Eve, The Razor's Edge, and I Confess. But always in the forefront of this remarkable book is Giro, the 37000-acre cattle ranch 180 miles north of Sydney that was home for four years. The book throbs with high intelligence and a shining ambivalence. Miss Baxter is awed by Australia, yet is frequently the victim of the toughness of pioneer life, a toughness which ultimately took its toll and brought her back to America, but not before she had a chance to live out this unique adventure, brilliantly re-told here."
Edition: First editionBinding: Hard Back
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dj
ISBN: 0399115773
Book Id: 6723
Price: $25.00
