Skylark: The Life and Times of Johnny Mercer
- ISBN-10
- 0312330995
- ISBN-13
- 9780312330996
- Series
- Skylark
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-12-09
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Philip Furia
Description
A portratit of the Johnny Mercer traces the twentieth-century American songwriter's southern background, contradictory personality, struggle with alcoholism and depression, turbulent marriage, and love affair with Judy Garland. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
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