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Biography & Autobiography Entertainment & Performing Arts

Tarzan, My Father

by (author) Johnny Weissmuller

Publisher
ECW Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2008
Category
Entertainment & Performing Arts
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550228342
    Publish Date
    Feb 2008
    List Price
    $24.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554905355
    Publish Date
    Feb 2008
    List Price
    $11.95

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An authoritative biography of the first Tarzan?Olympic swimming champion Johnny Weissmuller?this book offers an intimate look at Weissmuller's early life, middle years, and later decline, through swimming training, Olympic triumphs, failed marriages, a Hollywood life as Tarzan of the Apes, and subsequent career as Jungle Jim. Written by his only son, this biography is a sensitive yet unsentimental portrayal of the man who was Tarzan to movie fans around the world. Johnny Junior's inside perspective on his father's life and career includes interviews with his father's celebrity friends and former wives, recollections of conversations with his father over the years, and family stories involving Hollywood stars such as Humphrey Bogart.

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Contributor Notes

Johnny Weissmuller, Jr., is the only son of Johnny Weissmuller. William Reed is a retired Naval intelligence officer, the author of Olaf Wieghorst, and the coauthor of Crazy Ivan: Based on a True Story of Submarine Espionage. W. Craig Reed is the coauthor