Morgan Freeman: A Biography (Hardcover)

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Product Description

Just one look into Morgan Freeman's eyes and it is apparent that this is a man who has lived a full, sometimes hard, life. To better appreciate his achievements and successes, this book will equally show the triumphs and the struggles and failures he has overcome in his colorful life through an assortment of personal accounts and entertaining anecdotes.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Barricade Legends / Barricade Books Inc.; illustrated edition edition (June 25, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569803072
• ISBN-13: 978-1569803073
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #352,177 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Parsimonious!, February 9, 2007

By	Pamela Jarmon-Wade "Tx Red Rose" (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was very disappointed with this book and can not recommend it. I think that Morgan Freeman is a very dynamic actor. I enjoy his performances in every movie he had a part in. I read a lot of biographical books. A good one will leaving you feeling like you have had a one-on-one conversation about one's life journey. I felt that this book should have been marketed as a behind the movie scenes type of book. Either Mr. Freeman was being parsimonious with his biography or Kathleen Tracy just could not get him to share. Even the "behind the movie scenes" info was slow and boring.

However, Mr. Freeman some of your fans (like me) really want to know more about you, your journey, and pearls of wisdom. I look forward to another biographical book about you in the future.

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Pam Jarmon-Wade

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This biography does not do him justice, June 8, 2007

By	Karen Potts (Lake Jackson, Texas) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Morgan Freeman is an icon in the world of film and theater. As someone in this book says, everything in which he appears becomes better because of his presence. Author Kathleen Tracy shows us Freeman's early days and his rise to fame, but somehow she never gets inside his head. She writes the facts as a reporter would, but I never felt as if I got to know what makes this man "tick". There are lots of quotes about what he thinks and feels about acting, but not much about what he feels about life. His family life is glossed over, both his early years and his relationship to his wife and children. I have the utmost respect for this man, but was disappointed not to learn more about what makes him the great actor that he is.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment, October 24, 2009

By	Gary Sandow (Lakeland FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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It is simply a rehash of his career. I'd love to see an autobiography. That would be a best seller, I'm sure.