Steve McQueen: The Life and Legend of a Hollywood Icon

by Marshall Terrill

Book Overview

Steve McQueen takes us on a journey as his harrowing and painful childhood is laid bare, through his glittering career, and right up to his heroic battle with cancer and dramatic death in Mexico. It chronicles the good with the ugly, revealing the great power McQueen wielded. It features numerous behind-the-scenes stories from some of hisÑand cinemaÕsÑgreatest films, including The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Sand Pebbles, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, The Getaway, and Papillon. The bookÕs triumph is the way in which the author explores McQueen in full through his larger-than-life exploits but as important, the lesser known, humanitarian side of the Hollywood legend. It also captures the fundamental essence of what made McQueen cinemaÕs ÒKing of Cool.Ó

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1600783880
• ISBN13: 9781600783883
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
• Length: 610 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.1"