Jim Henson : the biography / Brian Jay Jones.
Publication details: London : Virgin Books, 2013.Description: xiv, 585 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780753555149 (paperback)
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Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 791.53 JON | Available | 055135 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [497]-557) and index.
A comprehensive biography of the life and accomplishments of the famous puppeteer and creator of the Muppets. For the first time ever, a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century's most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson. He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people got to know him only through the iconic characters he created: Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Miss Piggy, Big Bird. The Muppets made Jim Henson a household name, but they were just part of his remarkable story. This extraordinary biography--written with the generous cooperation of the Henson family, covers the full arc of Henson's all-too-brief life: from his childhood in Leland, Mississippi; through the years of burgeoning fame in Washington D.C., New York, and London; to the decade of international celebrity that preceded his untimely death at age fifty-three.