Remembering Sinatra: A Life in Pictures

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Summary: A Real Closeup Look at The Chairman of the Board !
Review: 130 pages of superior photographs of this giant entertainer and personality. You'll marvel at the closeup pictures of his life and times that are provided. The volume begins at his childhood and takes you all the way to the end. Includes a personal farewell from Tony Bennett. Sinatra fans will enjoy adding this to their music or book library.

Rating:
Summary: A Real Closeup Look at The Chairman of the Board !
Review: 130 pages of superior photographs of this giant entertainer and personality. You'll marvel at the closeup pictures of his life and times that are provided. The volume begins at his childhood and takes you all the way to the end. Includes a personal farewell from Tony Bennett. Sinatra fans will enjoy adding this to their music or book library.

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Summary: Good record of an interesting era
Review: I like this book because it shows me an era that, being born in 1975, I would otherwise know little about. Frank Sinatra was an interesting man and the Rat Pack was made up of his very talented friends, all of whom I believe are now gone. If not for books like this, their legacies would not be there for someone like me to learn about.

The pictures, most of which are black and white, highlight his early childhood and his rise to stardom, and then show him as a silver-haired gentleman. He had an interesting life, and him and his Rat Pack had some fun times. Reading this book helps me feel like I knew those times as well. He sure had style!

See the dictionary of "Rat Pack Lingo" on page 103 to learn the meaning of "charlies" "clyde" "harve" "ring-a-ding" and a dozen others. And who knew that Shirley MacLaine was the "Mascot" of the Rat Pack? What fun times they had! If you are interested in an era that is now gone, you will love this book.

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Summary: Sinatra in pictures...need I say more?
Review: They say a picture's worth a thousand words. Well, the pictures in this book are worth millions. Some are in black and white and others are in color but ALL portray Frank Sinatra as he was - without the sugar coating. The pictures gave me a whole new take on Sinatra's life. I found out things I never knew before about his personality, his devotion to his music, his late night parties and his temper. I recommend this book to anyone, not just Sinatra fans, who wants to get an insight on this legend's life through the beautiful photos of Life magazine.