Background
Strait, Raymond Earl was born on May 17, 1924 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Earl and Geraldine Oma (Shirkey) Strait.
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Queen of Ice, Queen of Shadows: The Unsuspected Life of Sonja Henie by Strait, Raymond (1999) Hardcover
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011MF3YOA/?tag=2022091-20
Tragic Secret Life of Jayne Mansfield
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0709155433/?tag=2022091-20
This for Remembrance: The Autobiography of Rosemary Clooney, an Irish-American Singer
(Dust jacket notes: "Rosemary Clooney was at the very top ...)
Dust jacket notes: "Rosemary Clooney was at the very top of the entertainment ladder. Young, vivacious, radiant, with all-American good looks and a lovely voice, she was America's 'singing sweetheart' in the 1950s. Featured on the cover of Time, star of hit movies (White Christmas, Here Come the Girls), married to the brilliant actor Jose Ferrer in 1953 and mother of five children, host of her own network TV show in 1958, she had everything to live for. But in 1968 her world shattered. She suffered a terrifying mental breakdown, lived through the torments of hell, and emerged a strong, happy and fulfilled woman. This is her story. Never sparing herself, Rosemary Clooney writes with utter candor about the pressures that broke a gifted, beautiful and wildly successful young woman, bringing her to an isolation cell in the psychiatric ward of St. John's Hospital in Los Angeles. Hounded by hallucinatory demons, she pounded the walls in her paranoid frenzies. Reaching the depths of despair, Rosemary Clooney fought her way back to a productive, meaningful and contented life. Still beautiful, she has resumed her career and lives at peace with herself in her Beverly Hills home. Her house is alive with her children, four dogs, friends and music. 'My life is pretty darn good although it is not problemless,' she writes. 'Conflicts still arise, but I can deal with them. Some people will read this and say that Rosemary Clooney has been through hell. They are right. I have. But without that hell, I would not know joy - and that is what I often feel today.' And joy is the emotion she shares with every reader. Her story is one of the most gripping, heartrending - and ultimately inspiring - life stories you will ever read. And it has a most happy ending."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671169769/?tag=2022091-20
Alan Alda
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Lanza: His Tragic Life Hardcover 1980
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Lanza, His Tragic Life / Raymond Strait & Terry Robinson
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026Q2298/?tag=2022091-20
Queen of Ice, Queen of Shadows: The Unsuspected Life of Sonja Henie
(Reveals the hard edge of this skating star.)
Reveals the hard edge of this skating star.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081288518X/?tag=2022091-20
James Garner
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312439679/?tag=2022091-20
Lanza: His Tragic Life
(Mario Lanza was an idol in this time, a legend in his dea...)
Mario Lanza was an idol in this time, a legend in his death. Blessed with one of the twentieth century's greatest singing voices, he made his way from South Philadelphia to the concert stage and on to Hollywood and superstardom. Record-breaking concerts, box office smash movies and chart topping albums.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0135234077/?tag=2022091-20
This for Remembrance: The Autobiography of Rosemary Clooney, an Irish-American Singer 1st edition by Rosemary Clooney, Raymond Strait (1977) Hardcover
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011MDGTB2/?tag=2022091-20
Alan Alda 1st edition by Strait, Raymond (1983) Hardcover
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011MFRR16/?tag=2022091-20
- Here They Are Jayne Mansfield (A biography of Hollywood's other blonde sex symbol d...)
- James Garner by Raymond Strait (1985-07-03) (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)
- James Garner by Raymond Strait (1985-07-01)
- Queen of Ice, Queen of Shadows: The Unsuspected Life of Sonja Henie by Raymond Strait (1999-07-31)
- This for Remembrance: The Autobiography of Rosemary Clooney, an Irish-American Singer by Rosemary Clooney (1977-01-01)
Raymond Earl Strait
Edit ProfileEducation
Student, University Charleston, 1946-1947; Degree in Business, Capitol City Business College, Charleston, 1952; graduate, Stenotype Institute, Tampa, Florida, 1951; student, University California, Riverside, 1988.
Career
Teacher University of California, Riverside, Mount San Jacinto (California) College, Menefee Campus, College of the Desert, Palm Desert, California, Capitol City Business College, St. Louis, Baker Business College, St. Louis, San Jacinto Valley School of the Arts.
Achievements
Works
book
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Here They Are Jayne Mansfield
(A biography of Hollywood's other blonde sex symbol discus...)
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This for Remembrance: The Autobiography of Rosemary Clooney, an Irish-American Singer
(Dust jacket notes: "Rosemary Clooney was at the very top ...)
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Lanza: His Tragic Life
(Mario Lanza was an idol in this time, a legend in his dea...)
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Queen of Ice, Queen of Shadows: The Unsuspected Life of Sonja Henie
(Reveals the hard edge of this skating star.)
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James Garner by Raymond Strait (1985-07-03)
(Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)
- James Garner
- Queen of Ice, Queen of Shadows: The Unsuspected Life of Sonja Henie by Strait, Raymond (1999) Hardcover
- Tragic Secret Life of Jayne Mansfield
- James Garner by Raymond Strait (1985-07-01)
- Queen of Ice, Queen of Shadows: The Unsuspected Life of Sonja Henie by Raymond Strait (1999-07-31)
- Alan Alda
- Lanza: His Tragic Life Hardcover 1980
- Lanza, His Tragic Life / Raymond Strait & Terry Robinson
- This for Remembrance: The Autobiography of Rosemary Clooney, an Irish-American Singer by Rosemary Clooney (1977-01-01)
- This for Remembrance: The Autobiography of Rosemary Clooney, an Irish-American Singer 1st edition by Rosemary Clooney, Raymond Strait (1977) Hardcover
- Alan Alda 1st edition by Strait, Raymond (1983) Hardcover
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Here They Are Jayne Mansfield
Membership
Member state executive board California Democratic Party, since 1990. Vice chair California 73d Assembly District Committee, 1990-1993, Riverside County Democratic Central Committee, since 1990. Democratic candidate California State Assembly 73d District, 1990, 65th District, 1992.
With United States Navy, 1941, United States Army Air Corps, 1944-1947, United States Air Force, 1947-1950, World World War II PTO, Berlin Airlift. Member Writers Guild American, Authors Guild, Author's League, National Writers Union, Hemet Chamber of Commerce, San Jacinto Valley School of Arts (secretary).
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Married Nanette E. Logan, August 19, 1965 (divorced 1975). Children: Mark, Russell. Stepchildren: Dane Block, Shaunna Citrowski.
