Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy David Jr.
Davis, Sammy, Jr; Boyar, Jane; Boyar, Burt.
Place Published: New York:
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux,
Date Published: 1965.
Description: 630 with 24 pages of black and white photographs. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD with wear on spine ends, edges and corners, minor age discoloration on pages edges. shelf wear on page edges and a gift inscription on FFEP. The jacket is in VERY GOOD condition with minor wear on the edges, corners and spine ends. Comes with a Brodart cover on the jacket. JMVINTAGE specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor....and other curious people. Dust Jacket Reads: 'In Yes I Can, his 1965 autobiography, Sammy Davis recounts the extraordinary obstacles he overcame to become the world's greatest entertainer. He describes his personal conviction, the view of success that both propelled him to stardom and served as his armor against racism. 'I have to be a star like another man has to breathe. I've got to get so big, so powerful, so famous that the day will come when they'll look at me and see a MAN, and then somewhere along the way they'll notice he's a Negro.' Beginning with his childhood in vaudeville, Sammy Davis writes with candor, often humor, of the events which shaped his life; his jolting experiences in the army; the accident which took his eye and led to his conversion to Judaism; his risking professional destruction when, at the peak of his creer, he married a white woman; and, throughout, his encounters with racism."
Binding: Hard CoverCondition: Very Good
Book Id: 9979
Price: $16.00
