Sammy Davis Jr. by Tracey Davis


ISBN
9780762450176
Published
Released
01 / 09 / 2014
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
208
Dimensions
214 x 261 x 25mm

In Sammy Davis Jr.: A Personal Journey with My Father, the entertainment legends story comes to life through rare family photos and a compelling narrative based on conversations between father and daughter as he neared the end of his life, offering fans a uniquely intimate experience. The stories begin with Sammy Davis Jr.s bittersweet childhood days growing up in Harlem. On the stage by age three, he first became a star in vaudeville with the Will Mastin Trio. Davis was already a popular performer by the time he was recruited into the Army during World War II. As Tracey Davis candidly relates, it was there that her father first learned to use his talentsinging and dancingas a weapon against racial bigotry. His career took off in the 1940s through his sheer determination, talent, and the support of friends like Frank Sinatra. With tenderness and humor Tracey speaks of her fathers friendship with Sinatra, and how he stood by him when Davis married Traceys Swedish actress mother. In a time when interracial marriages were forbidden by law in thirty one states, both bride and groom received an onslaught of negative press and even death threats.
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