Living Dangerously, Mark Cotta Vaz
Living Dangerously, Mark Cotta Vaz
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Living Dangerously
The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong

Author: Mark Cotta Vaz

Narrator: Patrick Cullen

Unabridged: 14 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/13/2008

Synopsis

Explorer, war hero, filmmaker, and cinema pioneer Merian C. Cooperthe adventurer who created King Kongwas truly larger than life. Spellbound since boyhood by tales of lifethreatening adventure and exotic locales, Cooper plunged again and again into harrowing expeditions that took him to places not yet civilized by modern man. He was the first to team Fred Astaire with Ginger Rogers, arranged Katharine Hepburns screen test, collaborated with John Ford on Hollywoods greatest Westerns, and then changed the face of film forever with Cinerama. Living Dangerously is a stunning tribute to this unique man and his amazing time.

About Mark Cotta Vaz

Mark Cotta Vaz is the New York Times bestselling author of thirty-six books. His award-winning and critically acclaimed works include The Invisible Art (coauthored with Craig Barron), Living Dangerously, and the Twilight Saga movie companion series, all #1 New York Times bestsellers. Vaz has written for numerous periodicals, including Cinefex, Yoga Journal, and Wired. He lives in San Francisco Bay area in California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elizabeth

Just to clear things up, the reason I read this was because Maud Hart Lovelace, the author of the Betsy-Tacy books, was married to a guy named Delos Lovelace, and he and Merian Cooper were close friends and Delos and Maud ended up naming their daughter after him. So, onward. I really had no idea tha......more

Goodreads review by Scott

Merian C. Cooper was a Manly Man. This isn't meant as ironic commentary and the caps are intentional because this thought kept creeping into my brain as I read each chapter of Mark Cotta Vaz's biography. Forever known as the creator of KING KONG, that fact could almost be a footnote compared to his......more

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