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Plot Summary of Clint Eastwood
"This book describes actor Clint Eastwood's early days of growing up all the way to his career in the mid nineties. One gets a sense of his early days, his love of Jazz, his many relationships, and his appreciation of acting.

You'll find out about his various jobs like his lifeguard days and piano playing at bars even when he was under age. You also get a sense of how he became a star by shooting during the summer in Italy the Spaghetti Westerns while on hiatus from Rawhide.

You'll discover his many friends from old Hollywood to more recent times and their influence on him. You'll find out how he began as a studio contract player and even spent time in Europe doing some artsy projects. Schickel describes his early days of television and how he'd sit on film sets and observe which would ultimately lead to a succesful directing career.

The book then takes you from his marriage, his kids, his divorce, and mhis many other relationships with Hollywood leading ladies. You'll find out about his relationships with Dirty Harry director Don Siegel and Italian director Sergio Leone and how they influenced his own directing career.

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Darren DeBari, Resident Scholar



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Plot
job/profession: - actor/actress
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Story of entertainer? - Movie Drama Actor

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - actor/actress/producer
Age: - long lived adults
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American (!)
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - impregnation/reproduction
Writer's slant towards subject: - very favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult
Pictures/Illustrations? - A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 76%-100% of book
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