The extraordinary life of an ordinary man : a memoir / Paul Newman ; based on interviews and oral histories conducted by Stewart Stern ; compiled and edited by David Rosenthal ; foreward by Melissa Newman ; afterword by Clea Newman Soderlund.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593534502
- ISBN: 0593534506
- Physical Description: xiv, 297 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
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Genre: | Biographies. Interviews. Interviews. Biographies. |
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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La Conner Regional Library | BIO NEWMAN | 112061 | BIOGRAPHY | Available | - |
Burlington Public Library | BIO NEWMAN 2022 | 39851001739805 | New Non-fiction | Available | - |
Sedro-Woolley Library | BIO NEWMAN 2022 | 20120001084645 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
PAUL NEWMAN was an actor, film director, race car driver, and entrepreneur. A ten-time Oscar nominee, Newman won an?Academy Award for Best Actor?for The Color of Money. He was also the recipient of?numerous other awards, including a?BAFTA Award, three?Golden Globe Awards, a?Screen Actors Guild Award, a?Primetime Emmy Award, the?Cecil B. de Mille Award, and the?Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. His films include The Hustler, Hud, Harper, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Verdict, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, Nobodyâs Fool, Road to Perdition, and?Disney-Pixarâs Cars, where he was the voice of?Doc Hudson. As a race car driver, Newman won several national championships; he is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest winner of a professionally sanctioned race at 70 years old, finishing first in his class at the Rolex 24 at Daytona Beach. As a political activist and humanitarian, he raised and donated nearly $1 billion to many charities. Newman had six children and was married to Oscar-winning actress Joanne Woodward for fifty years. He died in 2008 at the age of eighty-three.