Cosby
Subtitle: his life and times
By: Mark Whitaker
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction; Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 913
ISBN-13: 9781410472953
Subjects: I spy (Television program); African American comedians; Actors; Biography; Cosby show (Television program : 1984-1992); Large type books; Comedians; African American actors
Description: Bill Cosby grew up in a Philadelphia housing project, the son of an alcoholic father and a loving but overworked mother. After dropping out of high school, Cosby turned his life around by joining the Navy, talking his way into college, and seizing his first breaks as a stand-up comedian. He turned his life around to become a groundbreaking comedian and actor and a beloved -- and sometimes controversial -- American icon. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and associates, Whitaker provides a frank, fun account of Cosby's life and historic legacy. Whitaker reveals Cosby's successes, but also deals with professional setbacks and personal dramas, from an affair that sparked public scandal to the murder of his only son, and the private influence of his wife of fifty years, Camille Cosby.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 837-908).
Table of contents: title: On the road again; title: Granddad Samuel's bible; title: A place in the Projects; title: Lost in Germantown; title: The Navy way; title: The bar at Temple; title: "Noah" in the village; title: Two blind dates; title: "Riggie" in Chicago; title: "Sheldon's folly"; title: "Television's Jackie Robinson"; title: Mr. Crosley and Mr. Cups; title: A world of "wonderfulness"; title: Bigger than "I spy"; title: Black is beautiful; title: Bust in Beverly Hills; title: More situation than comedy; title: Fat Albert's new home; title: Playboy of the West; title: The art of Jell-O; title: "Meet your new family"; title: The serfs of Flatbush; title: The master at work; title: "It's not an invention"; title: "A vein of gold"; title: Ennis and Theo; title: A gift marked Tiffany; title: Nightmare off the 405; title: The trials of "Job"; title: A death in the TV family; title: Prophet of Pound Cake; title: "The Cosby effect"; title: The long-distance runner.