{"product_id":"the-healers-tale-transforming-medicine-and-culture-paperback","title":"The Healer's Tale: Transforming Medicine and Culture - 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\u003eSharon R. Kaufman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEscape Artist\u003c\/i\u003e based on Glenn Lovell s extensive interviews with John Sturges, his wife and children, and numerous stars including Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, and Jane Russell is the first biography of the director of such acclaimed films as \u003ci\u003eThe Magnificent Seven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Escape\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBad Day at Black Rock\u003c\/i\u003e. Lovell examines Sturges s childhood in California during the Great Depression; his apprenticeship in the editing department of RKO Pictures, where he worked on such films as \u003ci\u003eGunga Din \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOf Human Bondage\u003c\/i\u003e; his service in the Army Air Corps in World War II; and his emergence as one of the first independent producer-directors in Hollywood.Chronicling the filmmaker s relationships with such luminaries as Spencer Tracy, James Garner, Yul Brynner, and Frank Sinatra, \u003ci\u003eEscape Artist \u003c\/i\u003einterweaves biography with critical analyses of Sturges s hits and misses. Along the way, Lovell addresses the reasons why Sturges has been overlooked in the ongoing discussion of postwar Hollywood and explores the director s focus on masculinity, machismo, and male-bonding in big-budget, ensemble action films. Lovell also examines Sturges s aesthetic sensibility, his talent for composing widescreen images, and his uncanny ability to judge raw talent including that of Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, and James Coburn, all of whom began their careers in Sturges s movies. This long overdue study of a major Hollywood director will find a welcome home in the libraries of film scholars, action movie buffs, and anyone interested in the popular culture of the twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003eBest Books for Special Interests, selected by the American Association of School Librarians, and Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the Public Library Association\u003cbr\u003e\"Pick up a copy of film critic and scholar Glenn Lovell's terrific new Sturges biography, \u003ci\u003eEscape Artist.\u003c\/i\u003e . . . I can't urge you enough to check out this interview-rich, aesthetically and culturally perceptive look at the filmmaker and his work.\" Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Daily News \u003cbr\u003e Lovell s list of interviewees reads like a who s who of Hollywood and they obviously provided rich source material for this full-scale biography and career survey. Leonard Maltin \u003cbr\u003e This long overdue study of a major Hollywood director will find a welcome home in the libraries of film scholars, action movie buffs, and anyone interested in the popular culture of the twentieth century. Turner Classic Movies (TCM.com)\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharon R. Kaufman is associate professor of anthropology and research medical anthropologist at the University of California, San Francisco. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ageless Self: Sources of Meaning in Late Life, \u003c\/i\u003e also published by the University of Wisconsin Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.97 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45308852469862,"sku":"9780299135546","price":26.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/NGZMcWhFcmlaUmorVnF2bjdpRXNpZz09.webp?v=1774194629","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-healers-tale-transforming-medicine-and-culture-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}