{"product_id":"ray-bolger-more-than-a-scarecrow-hardcover","title":"Ray Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHolly Van Leuven\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest remembered for his role as the Scarecrow in the 1939 MGM musical \u003cem\u003eThe Wizard of Oz\u003c\/em\u003e, Ray Bolger led a rich and extraordinary career in the decade before and more than four decades after the creation of the film. \u003cem\u003eRay Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow\u003c\/em\u003e is the first biography of this classic American entertainer, covering the luminous and forgotten career of the eccentric dancer outside of his burlap mask. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe product of a fragmented, working-class Boston Irish family, Bolger learned tap and eccentric dance steps as solace for a difficult life before running away to repertory theater and Vaudeville. From there, he would go on to become a Broadway star, a contract player at Hollywood's major studios, one of the first performers to tour the South Pacific for the USO, a Tony Award winner, an early sitcom star, and the opening headliner of the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing unprecedented access to Bolger's papers and many never-before-published photographs, \u003cem\u003eRay Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow\u003c\/em\u003e pieces together the lost story of an itinerant hoofer who survived and thrived during the major media changes of the twentieth century and established himself as a staple of American pop culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHolly Van Leuven\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Los Angeles, California. She is the first researcher to access the personal papers of Ray Bolger. She is the inaugural winner of the Biographers International Organization's Hazel Rowley Prize for first-time authors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753880879392,"sku":"9780190639044","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e325c117f06c32aebb1b306627bf6fb1.webp?v=1780028820","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ray-bolger-more-than-a-scarecrow-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}