Dig Infinity!: The Life and Art of Lord BuckleyIn this first study of the man behind the myth, Oliver Trager explains Buckley's life and career and the enormous following he developed in the entertainment community as well as the reasons behind the obscurity into which the man and his work disappeared after his death in 1960. |
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictLord Buckley broke into show business with Red Skelton in the 1930s, but he is probably best known for the hip language routines he developed for his nightclub acts in the 1950s, the subjects of which ... Read full review
Contents
Lord Who? | 1 |
Presenting Lord Buckley | 5 |
Birth of the Cool | 9 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Dig Infinity!: The Life and Art of Lord Buckley |
| Author | Oliver Trager |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Welcome Rain Publishers, 2002 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Aug 1, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1566491576, 9781566491570 |
| Length | 405 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers |
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