Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
by Martin, Steve
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 1416553649
- ISBN 13
- 9781416553649
- Seller
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WESTBANK, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
U.S.A.: Scribner, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scribner, New Jersey, U.S.A., 2007. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Brand New and unread. Dust Jacket Condition: Brand New. Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. First Printing. Collectible copy!Stated First Edition. Black paper-covered boards with gilt lettering. "Martin illuminates the sacrifice, discipline, and originality that made him an icon and informs his works to this day. To be this good, to perform so frequently, was isolating and lonely. It took Martin decades to reconnect with his parents and sister, and he tells that story with great tenderness. Martin also paints a portrait of his times- the era of free love and protests against the war in Vietnam, the heady irreverence of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in the late sixties, and the transformative new voice of Saturday Night Live in the seventies. This book is, in his own words, the story of 'why I did stand-up and why I walked away."
Synopsis
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life is a memoir, released November 20, 2007, by Steve Martin, an American author, actor, comedian, executive producer, playwright and screenwriter. It chronicles his early life, his days working for Disneyland, working at low tier coffee shops and clubs as a comedic act, his later days of the Bird Cage, his relationships, his eventual fame, and the reason why he quit standup in 1981 all together.
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- Bookseller
- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000884
- Title
- Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
- Author
- Martin, Steve
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1416553649
- ISBN 13
- 9781416553649
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 209
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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