The Next James Dean: Clones And Near Misses, 1955-1975

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Summary: James Dean *MELT*
Review: Being a huge James Dean fan, i found this book to be a great look into his life. The way this book explains the many who have tried to walk in his footsteps brings a whole new appreciation to who James Dean really was.. Also I love the humorous twists here and there...

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Summary: Fun With Dean
Review: The "Next James Dean" is a fun and informative look at the life and followers of James Dean. The book starts off covering deans life as a kinda intro just reminding us just who James Dean is and some of the rumors and stories that plaged his life and death.
The book also itroduces us to the new crop of Dean actors. In the wake of his death there was a void for a brooding pretty boy in holywood. In the late fiftys it seemd like Hollywood was over run with moody sexualy ambiguious idols all to eager to be the next James Dean.
This is all covered hilariously in "The Next James Dean", a book that mixes rumors with facts posers imposters, the talented and the cluless,all fighting for the title of being the Next James Dean.

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Summary: James Dean *MELT*
Review: This book on James Dean actually covers his life only in the first three chapters, but it is packed with little known info about the long dead star. The rest of the book is about all the actors who tried to follow in his footsteps, even Elvis and Jack Nicholson. It is chock full of stuff that I never knew and shows how great Dean was--even to those other actors in movies. If you want the dirt, this book has it. If you want to be entertained, this book has got it for you. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Embarrassingly Bad
Review: This is surely the worst book about James Dean yet published. This book is wildly innaccurate, extremely trashy in its sloppy rehashing of tabloid rumours about Dean's supposedly unsavory personal life and habits and incompetently written to boot. A tip off to its abysmal quality is that the company that published it is one of the leading print on demand publishers who will publish anything without regard to quality provided that the author pay the publisher. In short, a vanity press for writers whose books could not attract a legitimate, paying publisher. It's sad, really.