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The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe
Donald H. Wolfe
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · July 17, 2012
Reading lane: American Art
A Biography pick for readers exploring The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Fame’s Dark Edge
A close look at Marilyn Monroe’s final weeks, where Hollywood history meets a provocative homicide claim.
Come here for
- The uneasy overlap of celebrity, Hollywood, and political power
- A true-crime question bound up with Monroe’s enduring mystique
Expect
- An intimate account of her final weeks
- A challenge to the official story of her death
Book Details
- Authors
- Donald H. Wolfe
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- July 17, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- American Art · Serial Killers
- Reading lane
- American Art
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Publisher Categories
Art History
American Art
Art & Politics
Biography & Memoir
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Lives in Entertainment
Lives in History
Political Lives
Women's Lives
About This Book
“Donald Wolfe has written one of the most absorbing accounts of Marilyn’s life to date.” —Fred Lawrence Guiles, author of Norma Jean “Admirable!...Wolfe takes us very close indeed to the dark truth about Monroe, the Kennedys, and that lonely death in the California night.” —Anthony Summers, author of Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe Fifty years after her death, the Marilyn Monroe mystique remains as strong and alluring as ever—as evidenced by Michelle Williams’ Go...
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