The Rebel: An Imagined Life of James Dean Hardcover - 2004

With The Rebel, acclaimed award-winning author Jack Dann pulls James Dean from the twisted wreckage and offers him a second chance to make an indelible mark on his art, his culture, and his time in an era of profound change and devastating social upheaval.Surviving the horrific crash that leaves him permanently scarred, both physically and emotionally, the haunted, brooding, and complex young star finds himself charged with a feeling of responsibility to do "something wonderful and important." Yet for Jimmy Dean, the glory road will be winding and broken, littered with the detritus of exploded dreams and destroyed love, as it passes through the holiest cultural sites of postwar twentieth-century America -- the genius-and-drug pumped world of the Beats, the protected inner sanctum of Graceland, the darkest shadows of Camelot. The lives and futures of Kerouac, Sinatra, Elvis, and the Kennedys will all be touched by him -- yet perhaps none so deeply as the fragile sex goddess who will always be his greatest burden and true soul mate, a dazzling and tragically lost phenomenon named Marilyn -- as he moves toward an astonishing destiny that will reconfigure the world.Ingeniously blending historical fact with brilliant invention, The Rebel is a hip, fast, and mesmerizing ride through the fifties and sixties -- an unforgettable road trip across a nation with an American legend at the wheel.

Details

• Title The Rebel: An Imagined Life of James Dean
• Author Jack Dann
• Binding Hardcover
• Edition First Edition
• Pages 401
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher William Morrow & Company, New York
• Date July 20, 2004
• ISBN 9780380978397 / 0380978393
• Weight 1.53 lbs (0.69 kg)
• Dimensions 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.28 in (23.62 x 16.51 x 3.25 cm)
• Library of Congress subjects Biographical fiction, Motion picture actors and actresses
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003068880
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC