Newman

By Eric Lax
Turner, $29.95

ISBN 1570362866


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Review by Kelsey Allen

Creating a tribute to an icon of American cinema is no easy task. Especially to honor a man with over 53 films to his credit, three Broadway plays, three Academy Awards, and eight nominations. But Eric Lax has accomplished this with Newman -- a book rich with remarkable photographs from the celebrated actor's career and a text just as colorful.

Using interviews with Newman himself, Lax goes behind blue eyes to reveal Paul Newman as a true renaissance man -- one whose life is characterized by compassion, generosity, and conscientiousness. Philanthropist, race car driver, political activist, and actor, Newman has excelled in many arenas -- not the least of which is in the business and not-for-profit world with his company, Newman's Own, which has donated over $70 million to charitable causes since 1982. Almost 100 full color and black-and-white photographs included.

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