An Actor and a Gentleman

by Phyllis Karas and Louis Gossett Jr.

Award-winning African American actor Lou Gossett Jr. takes an unvarnished look at the daunting challenges and incredible triumphs of his fifty-five year career Louis Gossett Jr. is one of the most respected African American stage and screen actors, who rose to fame with his Emmy-winning role in the television miniseries Roots and Oscar-winning performance in An Officer and a Gentleman . Now he tells the story of his fifty-plus years in the entertainment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470574712
• ISBN13: 9780470574713
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.4"