The Golden Ham: A Candid Biography of Jackie Gleason

by Jim Bishop and Jackie Gleason

Book Overview

The Golden Ham, first published in 1956, recounts the career of entertainer and comedian Jackie Gleason (1916-1987) from his beginnings in show-business to the mid-1950s when he was at the peak of his early success with The Honeymooners.

In his foreword, author Jim Bishop says of Jackie Gleason that when the comedian read the manuscript for the first time "he did not ask that anything be either omitted or altered. And yet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CTQ5S2L2
• ISBN13: 9798869158017
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Pathfinder Books
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"