- Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0786880260
- ISBN-13: 978-0786880263
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 4.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 816 g
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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1.0 out of 5 stars
If anyone wants to find Judy Garland, you will not find her here.,
By Hodiak (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Judy Garland: The Secret Life of an American Legend (Hardcover)
What is the need to deconstruct a subject with malicious lies and rumours, why do a lot of biographers lower themselves to writing such innaccurate books on people. First it was Sheridan Morley, then it was Gerald Clarke and then it's Shipman (not in that order).Come on people, you'll never find out what Judy Garland was like it you read awful stuff like this, but then again due to the often innaccurate stories about Judy, you may never find out. There are good books on Judy that exist and they are not hard to find. Instead of the garbage like this and read the books by Gerold Frank, Lorna Smith, John Fricke, Coyne Steven Sanders and Rita E. Piro and avoid the rest.
1.0 out of 5 stars
No, no and no.,
By Drake (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Judy Garland: The Secret Life of an American Legend (Hardcover)
Another tablod trash account of Judy Garland. The title is right about one thing though, she is an American Legend, but really that's about all it is correct on.A masterpiece of innaccuracy.
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2.5 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews) 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A second reading required, be prepared.,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This is an odd, yet interesting book on the life of Ms. Garland. Considering Mr. Shipman's credentials, it cannot be just dismissed. A large book (515 pages of actual reading is substantial!), I was unable to put it down when I first read it and yet, it speculates so much on an aspect of her personal life, that it really does require a second reading in order to digest all that he claims to be fact. Not that it's a "trash" novel, but it does make a fan of Ms. Garland's stand back and take a look at what it claims to be fact. Still, worth buying and reading, possibly reading more than once.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Love her and hate her,
By Michael Holland "Tigerinosf" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Judy Garland: The Secret Life of an American Legend (Hardcover)
To those people who claim that Shipman does indeed hate Judy need to take a closer look. His book is rich in documentation that supports his research. Furthermore, you can telll he was a devoted fan that can still be objective regarding her talent and her misgivings and faults. We have to remember the duress that Judy endured, the people who abandoned her when she most needed help, the promises of the studios to give her time off to replenish her energy and the monstrous effect of Louis B. Mayer. No wonder Liza has problems of her own. She was affected first hand. This review is fair to the artist without tarnishing her talent and accessibility to the public, as well as her warmth. A great read!
1.0 out of 5 stars
Another piece of trash about Judy? Oh gee what a shock,
By perryhaymes678 - Published on Amazon.com
David Shipman has been described by some who knew him as a man who would always embellish a quote to make it sound worse. With this book he comes off as a man with a chip on his shoulder and preoccupied with what went on in the bedroom. He presents his own opinions and speculation as if it were fact.
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