{"product_id":"his-eye-is-on-the-sparrow-an-autobiography-paperback","title":"His Eye Is on the Sparrow: An Autobiography - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEthel Waters\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharles Samuels\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Here is a remarkable chronicle of the life and career of an extraordinary woman who had a major impact on American entertainment. With astonishing candor, Ethel Waters tells her dramatic and dazzling story: from a childhood of abject poverty, to her early success in Black vaudeville, to her rise into the top ranks of stardom with her memorable performances in \u003ci\u003eCabin in the Sky, Pinky, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Member of the Wedding.\u003c\/i\u003e Hers is both an engrossing record of a topsy-turvy career and, just as importantly, an invaluable social document that traces the changing landscape for African American entertainers in the first half of the twentieth century. One of our very best show-business memoirs, brimming with insights, humor, and an unbreakable spirit, His Eye Is on the Sparrow was a significant groundbreaker when first published in 1951--and remains an authentic American classic today.\"\u003cb\u003e--Donald Bogle\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEthel Waters's \u003ci\u003eHis Eye Is on the Sparrow\u003c\/i\u003e stands as perhaps the greatest autobiography of a black female performer, capturing both the horror and the joy of the African American woman's experience through the often bitter yet always forgiving voice of an indomitable spirit. This edition is supplemented with a new historical preface and over a dozen photographs.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Samuels, \u003c\/b\u003e a New York newspaperman, wrote biographies of Jody Garland, Lizzie Borden, and Evelyn Nesbit. He worked with Buster Keaton on \u003ci\u003eMy Wonderful World of Slapstick\u003c\/i\u003e (also available from Da Capo Press). \u003cb\u003eDonald Bogle\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eBrown Sugar: Eighty Years of America's Black Female Superstars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlacks in American Film \u0026amp; Television: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eToms, Coon, Mulattoes, Mammies \u0026amp; Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has been called the dean of black film histor\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.27 x 5.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45311104909414,"sku":"9780306804779","price":29.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/RmNrOHRaK29NZ3c5Z2JzTTR4dkRJUT09.webp?v=1774266629","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/his-eye-is-on-the-sparrow-an-autobiography-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}