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Winters, John J.
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Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017.
Authors, American -- Biography.
Dramatists, American -- Biography.
Actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Screenwriters -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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Winters, John J.
Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017.
Authors, American -- Biography.
Dramatists, American -- Biography.
Actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Screenwriters -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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Sam Shepard : a life / John J. Winters.
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Winters, John J.
Counterpoint, 2017.
Call #:
791
.43028092
S547w
Subjects
Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017.
Authors, American -- Biography.
Dramatists, American -- Biography.
Actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Screenwriters -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781619027084 (hc.)
Description:
xv, 432 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-418) and index.
Contents:
Discovery -- Beginnings -- The dark muse/Father -- The rock/Mother -- Go west -- On the road -- Arriving -- Genesis -- "Generally acknowledged genius" -- Musical interlude -- New territory -- Early film work (1968-1970) -- Dazed and confused (1968 and 1969) -- New directions -- Patti -- Mad dogs, splits, and more (1971 continued) -- Gurdjieff -- London -- Mill Valley days -- Dylan -- Heavenward (1976) -- Family matters -- You can't go home again -- True brothers -- "Stuff" -- Jessica: the beginning -- Fools for love -- "Paris" -- "Between two deaths" -- Between two families -- "Dancing around the grave?" -- "Action!" -- War story -- Take two -- Losing game -- At last, paradise -- "Blue" days -- "Late" show -- "Hell" -- A late trilogy -- Break -- Stumbling -- The road ahead.
Summary:
"Throughout this new biography, Winters gets to the heart of the enigma that is Sam Shepard, presenting a compelling and comprehensive account of his life and work."--Jacket flap.
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