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I Love Barbara Stanwyck, but this book was looonnnggg …

A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940 by Victoria Wilson

January 29, 2014 by xoxoxoe Leave a Comment

Victoria Wilson’s new biography, A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940 is impressive, if just for its length and heft. It is just the first half of a two-part exhaustive look into the life and career of one of Hollywood’s most enduring, yet shyest stars. Stanwyck, born Ruby Stevens, started life in Brooklyn as a quasi-orphan. Her mother died when she was quite young and her father disappeared soon after, leaving young Ruby and her brother Byron to be raised by friends and family. Her three older […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Barbara Stanwyck, Books, Clark Gable, Hollywood, movies, Robert Taylor, xoxoxoe

xoxoxoe's CBR6 Review No:3 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Barbara Stanwyck, Books, Clark Gable, Hollywood, movies, Robert Taylor, xoxoxoe ·
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