YES I CAN is the self-portrait of one of the extraordinary men of our time, who became a figure of controversy because he dared to live his life not as a Negro but as a man. "I've got to be a star like another man has to breathe," write Sammy Davis. "I've got to get so big, so powerful, so famous that the day will come when they'll look at me and see a man, and then somewhere along the way they'll notice he's a Negro." YES I CAN is: ..".one of the most candid, engrossing and important American autobiographies of our time," ...
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YES I CAN is the self-portrait of one of the extraordinary men of our time, who became a figure of controversy because he dared to live his life not as a Negro but as a man. "I've got to be a star like another man has to breathe," write Sammy Davis. "I've got to get so big, so powerful, so famous that the day will come when they'll look at me and see a man, and then somewhere along the way they'll notice he's a Negro." YES I CAN is: ..".one of the most candid, engrossing and important American autobiographies of our time," wrote the N.Y. Herald Tribune Book Editor and Critic Maurice Dolbier. "One of the really great autobiographies ever written." Brother Judd . Audible.com
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Good in Good jacket. Book Octavo, hardcover, good in lightly edgeworn white dj. By 1954 people were beginning to notice the 'kid in the middle' of the Will Mastin trio. Then an automobile accident put his future in limbo with severe damage to one eye. But he made it past the accident, past the discrimination of the 1950s, into fame with the help of family, friends, talent, and a sense of humor." Black paper over board with a silver embossed figure of Sammy on the front, silver lettering on spine, 630 deckled pages, illustrated with over a dozen pages of b/w photos.
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Very Good. 2nd Printing. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. pgs.626 b/w plates clean tight copy with a large crease to front top right corner creases to spine and minuscule edge and corner wear.
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Good in Good jacket. First edition. Good in good dustwrapper. Pages very light brown. Corners rubbed. Edges of spine lightly rubbed and bumped. Dustwrapper spine brown. Dustwrapper shelf rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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UsedGood. Hardcover; fading and shelf wear to exterior; former owner's name and stamp ing on front endpaper; fading to pages; in good condition with clean text, firm binding. Dust jacket shows light soiling, scuffing, and edge wear. ASI N: B0006BLUDO.