Trudy erwin biography of michael
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, - October 14, ) was an American singer and actor....
It took me about two weeks to finish, but it was a great biography. It took a long time for Gary to come out with this second volume.
He did a lot of volunteer work, including the Orcas Fly-in, Senior Center, and Library Fair.
The first volume, Pocketful Of Dreams came out in 2001. The reading community has changed a lot in 17 years, and I worry that this new volume will not do as well as it deserves to do. The life of Bing Crosby is quite remarkable, and Bing Crosby deserves to be remembered more than he is.
The positive parts of "Swinging On A Star - The War Years" is the amount we learn about Bing Crosby.
I pride myself in knowing a lot about Der Bingle, but Gary Giddins wrote about things I never knew about. He eluded to an affair Bing had with singer Trudy Erwin, but he doesn't really delve into that. Towards the end of the book he writes about the affair Bing had with actress Joan Caulfield, which I knew about but did not kn