Bruce LeeBruce Lee
the Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon
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Book, 2000
Current format, Book, 2000, 1st ed, All copies in use.Book, 2000
Current format, Book, 2000, 1st ed, All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsExamines the life of the martial artist through photographs of Lee as a child and young adult, as well as his days as a film star, accompanied by his own commentary.
A photographic record of all facets of this fascinating man, from the start of his career to his untimely death nearly 35 years ago
A behind-the-scenes look at the life of the most extraordinary martial artist of all time—Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon is a photographic catalog of all facets of this fascinating man, from the start of his career to his untimely and tragic death in 1973. This book reveals a quiet family man behind the charismatic public persona. It shows the real Bruce Lee—the man who was so much more than an international film and martial arts celebrity.
This brilliant photo essay—compiled and edited by Bruce Lee expert John Little with the assistance of Lee's widow, Linda Lee Cadwell—reveals never-before-published family photos, including rare photos of Bruce's childhood in Hong Kong. Tender moments with his children are caught on camera, and action shots from his martial arts films are shown.
With a preface by his daughter Shannon Lee and a foreword by wife Linda, the text is drawn directly from Bruce Lee's own diaries and journals. Based on the award-winning Warner Bros. documentary, Bruce Lee: In His Own Words, sections include:
A photographic record of all facets of this fascinating man, from the start of his career to his untimely death nearly 35 years ago
A behind-the-scenes look at the life of the most extraordinary martial artist of all time—Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon is a photographic catalog of all facets of this fascinating man, from the start of his career to his untimely and tragic death in 1973. This book reveals a quiet family man behind the charismatic public persona. It shows the real Bruce Lee—the man who was so much more than an international film and martial arts celebrity.
This brilliant photo essay—compiled and edited by Bruce Lee expert John Little with the assistance of Lee's widow, Linda Lee Cadwell—reveals never-before-published family photos, including rare photos of Bruce's childhood in Hong Kong. Tender moments with his children are caught on camera, and action shots from his martial arts films are shown.
With a preface by his daughter Shannon Lee and a foreword by wife Linda, the text is drawn directly from Bruce Lee's own diaries and journals. Based on the award-winning Warner Bros. documentary, Bruce Lee: In His Own Words, sections include:
- Chronology of the Life of Bruce Lee
- Early Years—why he began studying gung fu (kung fu) and took up wing chun, his first starring role, and his return to the US
- Hollywood—why he got the part in The Green Hornet, teaching Steve McQueen, James Coburn and Stirling Silliphant, filming Enter the Dragon, The Way of the Dragon, Fist of Fury and more, training and acting with Chuck Norris, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dean Martin and Sharon Tate, and the creation of Jeet Kune Do (JKD)
- Family—meeting Linda, having children, daily life
- Bruce Lee: Striking Thoughts
- Bruce Lee: The Tao of Gung Fu
- Bruce Lee: Artist of Life
- Bruce Lee: Letters of the Dragon
- Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body
- Bruce Lee: Jeet Kune Do
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- Boston, Mass. : Tuttle, c2000.
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