{"product_id":"my-wonderful-world-of-slapstick-paperback","title":"My Wonderful World of Slapstick - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBuster Keaton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharles Samuels\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuster Keaton's autobiography is a view into the quirky mind behind the stoic face of the legendary film comedian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeaton's autobiography, My Wonderful World of Slapstick, is our only record of the quirky mind behind the stoic face. Filled with stories about his childhood in vaudeville where, billed as 'The Human Mop, ' he was slammed on the floor, hurled into wings, banged on the bass drum-by his father!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Samuels, \u003c\/b\u003e a New York newspaperman, wrote biographies of Jody Garland, Lizzie Borden, and Evelyn Nesbit. He worked with Buster Keaton on \u003ci\u003eMy Wonderful World of Slapstick\u003c\/i\u003e (also available from Da Capo Press). Donald Bogle is the author of \u003ci\u003eBrown Sugar: Eighty Years of America's Black Female Superstars\u003c\/i\u003e (also available from De Capo Press), \u003ci\u003eBlacks in American Film \u0026amp; Television: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eToms, Coon, Mulattoes, Mammies \u0026amp; Bucks: An Interpretive Histroy of Blacks in American Films.\u003c\/i\u003e He has been called the dean of black film history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 340\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 7.82 x 5.84 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42193139073104,"sku":"9780306801785","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/L3BxamdEQXlLWWhTditiSmc5eFZ4dz09.webp?v=1775022703","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/my-wonderful-world-of-slapstick-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}