Cosby: His Life and Times

by Mark Whitaker

Book Overview

The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and associates, it is a frank, fun and fascinating account of his life and historic legacy. Far from the gentle worlds of his routines or TV shows, Cosby grew up in a Philadelphia housing project, the son of an alcoholic, largely absent father and a loving but overworked mother...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 145169797X
• ISBN13: 9781451697971
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.6" x 9.8"