The life of Robert Taylor [Mass Market Paperback]

Jane Ellen Wayne (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 349 pages
• Publisher: Warner Paperback Library (1973)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446761036
• ISBN-13: 978-0446761031
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,897,110 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Waste Your Time..., March 22, 2011

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Sasha Denton - See all my reviews

This review is from: The life of Robert Taylor (Mass Market Paperback)

Jane Ellen Wayne's book is, at best, a gossipy introduction to Robert Taylor. Although it seems so real because she provides information from Taylor and many of his cohorts, some of her claims and reportings are false and she occasionally contradicted herself. This book disgraces Taylor, makes him look like a womanizing momma's boy who preyed on his young collegeues, it did not flow in any chronological order that would often confuse the reader, and has no historical merit. She includes, very minimal (and I mean very minimal) documentation of actual sources--only 13 footnotes. Also, she doesn't provide a bibliography. Although these things are not always a "deal-breaker", they are in this case. A biography is intended to tell the story of the person in some coherent, chronological manner--this one doesn't. You can't trust her claims that seemed accurate as she hasn't any trustworthy research. Don't waste your money or time.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Robert Taylor, January 6, 2005

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texanjo (texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The life of Robert Taylor (Mass Market Paperback)

The book is writen in a magazine article manner. Makes Barbara Stanwyck out to be a mean terrible person and RT out to be a little boy that needs a mommy figure (which is what he didn't oant to look like). This book is a good start but I hope someone writes a better one. Ms. Wayne could have done better. I like some of he onther books.