Research Catalog

Title

The governator : from Muscle Beach to his quest for the White House, the improbable rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger / Ian Halperin.

Author

Halperin, Ian

Publication

New York : William Morrow, c2010.

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Details

Description

viii, 342 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Reveals the untold story of Arnold Schwarzenegger, chronicling his journey from Mr. Universe bodybuilder to Hollywood hit-maker to governor of California.

Subject

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

Genre/Form

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

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-324) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Rough start -- Developing the look of power -- The Marnul rule -- Fascinated by Gerstl -- Training like a Spartan -- Muscular private -- A deafening roar -- The age of Schwarzenegger -- Business learning curve -- A modern-day Moses -- Dumbbell queers -- Just like Ali -- Hercules in New York -- Admiring Hitler -- Meeting Maria -- Hollywood calls -- Box office gold -- Cutting Stallone down to size -- Tying the Kennedy knot -- Hardly a honeymoon -- An Arnold classic -- Reagan's resonance -- A big comeuppance -- Austrian gigolo -- California political circus -- "Arnold, the American dream" -- Chastened by defeat -- Political hummer -- Planning the next act.

ISBN

• 9780061990045
• 0061990043

OCLC

587239914

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library