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American Prince by Tony Curtis & Peter Golenbock
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American Prince

A Memoir

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Narrator Don Leslie
Length 10 hours 28 minutes
Language English
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He was the Golden Boy of the Golden Age. Dashing and debonair, Tony Curtis arrived on the scene in a blaze of bright lights and celluloid. His good looks, smooth charm, and natural talent earned him fame, women, and adulation–Elvis copied his look and the Beatles put him on their Sgt. Pepper album cover. But the Hollywood life of his dreams brought both invincible highs and debilitating lows. Now, in his captivating, no-holds-barred autobiography, Tony Curtis shares the agony and ecstasy of a private life in the public eye.
No simple tell-all, American Prince chronicles Hollywood during its heyday. Curtis revisits his immense body of work and regales readers with stories of his associations with Frank Sinatra, Laurence Olivier, director Billy Wilder, as paramours Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe, among others.
Written with humor and grace, American Prince is a testament to the power of living the life of one’s dreams.

Tony Curtis was one of Hollywood’s greatest stars. He lived with his wife, Jill, outside of Las Vegas, where he found additional careers as a painter and founder of the Shiloh Horse Rescue and Sanctuary, a nonprofit foundation that rehabilitates abused and neglected horses for adoption. He died in 2010.

Peter Golenbock has written some of sports’ most important books, including Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949–64; The Bronx Zoo, which he wrote in 1979 with New York Yankees pitcher Sparky Lyle; BUMS: An Oral History of the Brooklyn DodgersPersonal Fouls, a look at corruption in college basketball; American Zoom, a history of NASCAR; and Wild, High and Tight, his biography of Yankees manager Billy Martin. Golenbock lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Don Leslie has enjoyed a wonderful voiceover, stage, television, and film career. He has appeared on Broadway in The Dresser and Rose. He’s worked at such regional theaters as Buffalo Studio Arena, Hartford Stage Company, Portland Stage Company, and several others. He’s appeared in over 20 films and as many television episodics. His recent audiobook narrations for BOT include The State of Jones by Sally Jenkins, The Man Who Owns the News by Michael Wolffe, and The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin.

Tony Curtis was one of Hollywood’s greatest stars. He lived with his wife, Jill, outside of Las Vegas, where he found additional careers as a painter and founder of the Shiloh Horse Rescue and Sanctuary, a nonprofit foundation that rehabilitates abused and neglected horses for adoption. He died in 2010.

Peter Golenbock has written some of sports’ most important books, including Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949–64; The Bronx Zoo, which he wrote in 1979 with New York Yankees pitcher Sparky Lyle; BUMS: An Oral History of the Brooklyn DodgersPersonal Fouls, a look at corruption in college basketball; American Zoom, a history of NASCAR; and Wild, High and Tight, his biography of Yankees manager Billy Martin. Golenbock lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Don Leslie has enjoyed a wonderful voiceover, stage, television, and film career. He has appeared on Broadway in The Dresser and Rose. He’s worked at such regional theaters as Buffalo Studio Arena, Hartford Stage Company, Portland Stage Company, and several others. He’s appeared in over 20 films and as many television episodics. His recent audiobook narrations for BOT include The State of Jones by Sally Jenkins, The Man Who Owns the News by Michael Wolffe, and The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin.

Tony Curtis was one of Hollywood’s greatest stars. He lived with his wife, Jill, outside of Las Vegas, where he found additional careers as a painter and founder of the Shiloh Horse Rescue and Sanctuary, a nonprofit foundation that rehabilitates abused and neglected horses for adoption. He died in 2010.

Peter Golenbock has written some of sports’ most important books, including Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949–64; The Bronx Zoo, which he wrote in 1979 with New York Yankees pitcher Sparky Lyle; BUMS: An Oral History of the Brooklyn DodgersPersonal Fouls, a look at corruption in college basketball; American Zoom, a history of NASCAR; and Wild, High and Tight, his biography of Yankees manager Billy Martin. Golenbock lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Don Leslie has enjoyed a wonderful voiceover, stage, television, and film career. He has appeared on Broadway in The Dresser and Rose. He’s worked at such regional theaters as Buffalo Studio Arena, Hartford Stage Company, Portland Stage Company, and several others. He’s appeared in over 20 films and as many television episodics. His recent audiobook narrations for BOT include The State of Jones by Sally Jenkins, The Man Who Owns the News by Michael Wolffe, and The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin.

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Reviews

“[F]illed with fond recollections of [Curtis’s] friendships with the famous and powerful but punctuated, too, by harsh words for Hollywood legends he says did him wrong….Curtis spares few intimate details about his years as a Hollywood lothario, including his teenage affair with a redheaded, ponytailed Marilyn Monroe.”
USA Today


Praise for Tony Curtis

“When you’re with Tony Curtis, you’re with somebody very alive. He was—and is—one of the most ‘up’ people I have ever known.”
—Sidney Poitier

“Tony Curtis could have just been the beautiful young leading man, handsome, charming as hell . . . [but] he wanted to be a good actor, and he’s the only guy I know wholearned his craft successfully.”
—Jack Lemmon

“For Some Like It Hot, I wanted a straight leading man and a comedian. I was sure Tony was right for it. Tony is so open and animated. . . . It was a huge, wonderful
plus for the picture.”
—Billy Wilder Expand reviews
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