Wired : the short life and fast times of John Belushi
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New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, [2012].
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1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.
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461 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
791.7028 BELUSH 2012
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, [2012].
Format
Book
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.
Language
English

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Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1984.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
This reissue of Bob Woodwords classic book about John Belushione of the most interesting performers and personalities in show business history“is told with the same narrative style that Woodward employed so effectively in All the Presidents Men and The Final Days” (Chicago Tribune). John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose March 5, 1982, in a seedy hotel bungalow off Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Belushis death was the beginning of a trail that led Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward on an investigation that examines the dark side of American show businessTV, rock and roll, and the movie industry. From on-the-record interviews with 217 people, including Belushi's widow, his former partner Dan Aykroyd, Belushis movie directors including Jack Nicholson and Steven Spielberg, actors Chevy Chase, Robin Williams, and Carrie Fisher, the movie executives, the agents, Belushis drug dealers, and those who live in the show business underground, the author has written a close portrait of a great American comic talent, and of his struggle to succeed and to survive that ended in tragedy. Using diaries, accountants records, phone bills, travel records, medical records, and interviews with firsthand witnesses, Woodward has followed Belushis life from childhood in a small town outside Chicago to his meteoric rise to fame. Bob Woodward has written a spellbinding account of rise and fall, a cautionary tale for our times, and a poignant and gentle portrait of a young man who had so much, gave so much, and lost so much.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Woodward, B. (2012). Wired: the short life and fast times of John Belushi (1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.). Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Woodward, Bob. 2012. Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Woodward, Bob. Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2012.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Woodward, Bob. Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed., Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2012.

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