Research Catalog

Title

Fantastic : the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger / Laurence Leamer.

Author

Leamer, Laurence

Publication

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2005.

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Details

Description

x, 421 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

A portrait of the California governor traces his achievements as a cultural and public figure, discussing the factors that influenced his beliefs, his marriage to Maria Shriver, his acting and bodybuilding careers, and his political ambitions.

Subject

• Actors > United States > Biography
• Austrian Americans > Biography
• Bodybuilders > United States > Biography
• Celebrities > United States > Biography
• Governors > California > Biography
• Schwarzenegger, Arnold

Genre/Form

• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts.
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
• Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-405) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Vision -- The American Dream -- The Bodybuilder -- A Man from Thal -- The Hedgehog -- Helping Hands -- Paying the Price -- The Trickster -- Mr. Universe -- Joe Weider's Greatest Creation -- The "Wow" with the "Pow" -- Mr. Olympia -- Hercules in New York -- The Greatest -- Games Arnold Played -- Pumping Iron -- The Promoter -- The Maria Factor -- "Part of the Entertaining Show" -- The Star -- Arnold the Barbarian -- Paying the Price -- The Terminator -- Chasing Sly -- Red Sonja -- The Good Life -- Raw Deals -- "You Are What You Do" -- The Sins of the Father -- Number One -- Last Action Hero -- Private Lives -- True Lies -- Avenues of Relaxation -- Patton's Retreat -- The Politician -- Birth of a Candidate -- Total Recall -- Lights, Camera, Action -- A Fork in the Road -- "We're Not Gonna Take It" -- The California Comeback Express -- The Golden Dream by the Sea -- Cigar Nights -- Girlie Men -- Not the Last Chapter -- Bodybuilding Titles -- Films.

ISBN

0312333382

LCCN

^^2005042025

OCLC

57557573

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library