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Hotchner, Aaron Edward was born on June 28, 1920 in St. Louis. Son of Samuel and Sally (Rossman) Hotchner.
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Reissued to coincide with the release of the major motion picture directed by Steven Soderbergh, and with Robert Redford as executive producer, King of the Hill is the emotionally powerful story of a 12-year-old boy coping with the hardships of life in St. Louis in the summer of 1933. Originally published by Harper & Row in 1972. Foreign rights sold in France, Germany, and Japan.
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A revelation about the Rolling Stones and their times, based on archives of material, originally amassed by Bill Wyman. Hotchner explores the Stones' humble musical beginnings in London and traces their lives and times to a horrific climax in 1969 - a year when Brian Jones was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool, when Charles Manson perpetrated a series of gruesome murders, when Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix died of overdoses and when the Hells Angels brutally murdered a man at Altamount while the Stones played on. The author looks beyond to the consolidation of their reputation as the definitive rock group of their decade. The book also presents the real truth about their notorious sex lives, exorbitant drug habits and explosive creativity. Finally, Hotchner unravels the mystery of Brian Jones' death and exposes the turmoil within the rock group that led to a blood struggle in the final days of Jones' life. The author also wrote "Papa Hemingway", "Doris Day" and "Sophia".
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(Highly acclaimed biography of Sophia Loren. The complete ...)
Highly acclaimed biography of Sophia Loren. The complete story of her life from "slum urchin" to "reigning queen of the cinema world". The story of the famous actress, told in her own words. Illustrated with four sections of photographs.
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Examines the mysterious death of Rolling Stones band member Brian Jones, the harsh reality of the myths surrounding the band's success, and how Jones' de marked the end of the idealism of the 1960s.
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The author of the best-selling Papa Hemingway presents a dramatic historical portrait of the settlement of Louisiana and the life of Guy Laroule, a brave French expatriate who forged a living from an unforgiving land. Tour.
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"To perform heroically in a perilous situation is one thing, but I found that, in my case, the real difficulty was in getting myself into a spot where heroism was possible. Nobody on latrine duty ever got the Medal of Honor." This delightful memoir of A. E. Hotchner’s World War II experiences explores a different side of the troubled war years. Hotchner, who grew up in St. Louis, was a rookie lawyer fresh out of Washington University Law School when the United States declared war. Like many others of his generation, he aspired to serve his country. He tried to enlist in the navy, first as a pilot and then as a deck officer, but he was rejected for faulty depth perception and flat feet, respectively. Drafted as a lowly GI into the air force branch of the army, he was accepted to bombardier school. But on the eve of his departure, he was ordered to write and perform in an air force musical comedy instead. He eventually went to Officer Candidate School and was assigned to the Anti-Submarine Command as a lieutenant adjutant, but just before his squadron’s departure for North Africa he was detached and, despite knowing nothing about moviemaking, ordered to make a film that glorified the Anti-Submarine Command’s role in combating U-boats. All through his four-year military career, despite his efforts to get into combat, fate and the military bureaucracy thwarted him. The author skillfully recounts the events of those years, describing the encounters he had with many unforgettable characters, including a footsore and sentimental Clark Gable and an inept Alan Ladd—best known as the star of Shane. Ladd, then a GI, did such a poor job reading the narration for Hotchner’s film Atlantic Mission that Hotchner had to fire him. The author also describes his encounters with other well-known people, notably Tennessee Williams, with whom he attended a playwriting class at Washington University, and a wistful, vulnerable Dorothy Parker. Although much of Hotchner’s memoir is lighthearted, it also provides a unique look at the impact of the war on everyday life in the United States. Hotchner’s fast-paced prose makes this memoir an insightful pleasure to read.
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( King of the Hill is A. E. Hotchner’s memoir of his impo...)
King of the Hill is A. E. Hotchner’s memoir of his impoverished childhood in St. Louis, originally published in 1972. Hotchner’s story is one of ingenuity and spirit in the face of economic hardship during the Great Depression. Left to live alone in a rundown hotel while his traveling salesman father is on the road, his mother is hospitalized, and his younger brother is sent to live with relatives, young Hotchner’s determination to survive overcomes the challenge of keeping his situation secret. Looking for Miracles is a sequel to King of the Hill, originally published in 1975. The story takes place in 1936, three years after King of the Hill, when Hotchner bluffs his way into a job as a summer counselor at a camp in the Ozarks. The story is poignant and uplifting, as well as hilariously entertaining. Bound together for the first time, these two boyhood memoirs of Hotchner’s will touch readers with their truth, innocence, and joy. Hotchner’s ability to convey times of intense hardship in warm and witty language attests to his stature as one of America’s great storytellers.
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(Between 1948 and 1961, Ernest Hemingway and A. E. Hotchne...)
Between 1948 and 1961, Ernest Hemingway and A. E. Hotchner traveled together from New York to Paris to Spain, fished the waters off Cuba, hunted in Idaho, ran with the bulls in Pamplona-and once Hotchner even masqueraded as a matador and Hemingway's manager in an actual bullfight. Everywhere they went, they talked. For fourteen years, Hotchner and Hemingway shared their thoughts and as Hemingway reminisced about his childhood, recalled the Paris literary scene of the twenties, and recounted the real events that lay behind his fiction, Hotchner took it all down. His notes on the many occasions he spent with his friend Papa-in Venice and Rome, in Key West, on the Riviera, and in Ketchum, Idaho, where Hemingway died by his own hand in 1961-provide the material for this utterly profound, and truthfully compassionate best-selling memoir about the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. With a new introduction by the author and with never before published photographs from his personal collection, Papa Hemingway is a mesmerizing portrait.
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( In the fourteen years that A. E. Hotchner traveled with...)
In the fourteen years that A. E. Hotchner traveled with Ernest Hemingway, he collected a lifetime's worth of Hemingway's experiences, anecdotes, and observations on the backs of matchbooks, napkins, and slips of paper. Speaking on everything from war to women to writing, Hemingway's words are at turns funny and poignant, revealing a rich portrait of the American literary giant and the world he took by storm. Complete with black-and-white photographs that cover nearly two decades of Hemingway's life, The Good Life According to Hemingway is an exuberant celebration of his remarkable genius and the chaotic adventure of his life.
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Hotchner, Aaron Edward was born on June 28, 1920 in St. Louis. Son of Samuel and Sally (Rossman) Hotchner.
AB, Bachelor of Laws, Washington University, St. Louis, 1941; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Washington University, St. Louis, 1992.
Practiced law in, St. Louis, 1941-1942. Articles editor Cosmopolitan magazine, 1948-1950. Vice president, treasurer Newman's Own, Inc.
Vice president Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.
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Founder, board directors Hole in the Wall Gang Fund. Served to major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946, NATOUS. Member Missouri Bar Association, Writers Guild American, Dramatists Guild, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Authors Guild, Authors Guild Foundation (board directors), Century Club.
Children: Timothy, Holly, Tracy.