From Library Journal
Narrator Brian Emerson reads this celebrity profile in a well-phrased pleasant voice, with limited emotion. This is not a formal biography of superstar powerbroker Frank Sinatra, who died in May at the age of 82. We learn his likes, dislikes, and behavior as singer, actor, and head of Hollywood's "Rat Pack." Missing are things like rumors of Mafia connections or reprisals against enemies like ex-son-in-law Tommy Sands. Friends, relatives, and Sinatra himself provided info. This man of talent was fascinating, if flawed. He craved to be the best and own the best, was generous to friends and relatives, and hated journalists who wrote unsympathetically about his public brawls and affairs with women. Although far from complete, this study provides a good deal. Recommended for popular biography collections.?Gordon Blackwell, Eastchester, NYCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Entertainment Weekly
"A strictly fun style guide for men, with Ol' Blue Eyes as muse."
"Not really a biography, it's funny and illuminating withoutbeing either lurid or sentimental."
"One of the best books ever written about Frank Sinatra. Itperfectly captures his style and attitude. You won't bedisappointed."
"A strictly fun style guide for men, with Ol' Blue Eyes asmuse."
Newsweek
"An essential compendium of Sinatra wisdom on the lost art of livin'. This book is an ode to an era when male conduct was less confused and confidence was king."
Sinatra Society of America
"One of the best books ever written about Frank Sinatra. It perfectly captures his style and attitude. Youwon't be disappointed."
Elvis Costello
"Not really a biography, it's funny and illuminating without being either lurid or sentimental."
Nancy Sinatra
"The Way You Wear Your Hat is a warm, wacky, irreverent...look at Frank's take on and philosophy of life, by an author who understands what it means to be Frank Sinatra. With a little help from the man's own words, Bill Zehme captures the contradictions: the simplicity and the style, the passion and the ice, the party and the pain...the winner who loses and the loser who wins...stories that capture the nature and the essence of the man who invented cool."
Book Description
Within is a masterful assembly of the most personal details and gorgeous minutiae of Frank Sinatra's way of living--matters of the heart and heartbreak, friendship and leadership, drinking and cavorting, brawling and wooing, tuxedos and snap-brims--all crafted from rare interviews with Sinatra himself as well as many other intimates, including Tony Bennett, Don Rickles, Angie Dickinson, Tony Curtis, and Robert Wagner, in addition to daughters Nancy and Tina Sinatra. Illustrated with scores of photos, The Way You Wear Your Hat captures the timeless romance and classic style of the fifties and the loose sixties and is a stunning exploration of the Sinatra mystique.
About the Author
Author and Esquire senior writer Bill Zehme initiated a series of surprising exchanges with Frank Sinatra to learn exactly what the Leader knew and wished to pass on to others. In the resulting, widely celebrated 1996 Esquire profile of Sinatra, "And Then There Was One," Zehme wrote, "Men had gone soft and needed help, needed a Leader, needed Frank Sinatra. I wanted to ask him essential questions, the kind that could save a guy's life. I wanted what might approximate Frank's rules of order. He took the clarion call.... " And that was the starting point for perhaps the most comprehensive access to the world of Sinatra.
The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin'
FROM OUR EDITORS
The Barnes & Noble Review
"I think my real ambition is to pass on to others what I know," Frank Sinatra once said. "It took me a long, long time to learn what I now know, and I don't want to die with them." Author and Esquire senior writer Bill Zehme has compiled in this book exactly that. Based on a series of surprising exchanges with Frank Sinatra that appeared in a 1996 Esquire feature, "And Then There Was One," this book presents the unique and undeniable Sinatra mystique in Sinatra's own words, supported by remembrances and quotes from intimates, friends, as well as Zehme's own assessment of what Sinatra personified and scores of classic black and white Sinatra photographs, some never before published. Assembled are the most personal details and minutiae of how the role of Frank Sinatra was played out in everyday life in matters of the heart and heartbreak, coolness and swank, friendship and leadership, drinking and cavorting, tuxedos and snap-brims. Some of the questions: Alone, where does one go in the dark night of the soul? What makes a perfect after-hours joint? How stiff should a stiff drink be? What color should no real man wear? What is the most important thing to look for in a woman? What is the most important a father can tell his children? Capturing the timeless romance, glamour, and classic style of the fifties and sixties, when Sinatra was at the peak of his powers, this book is sure to click with Sinatra fans
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Assembled within are the most personal details and gorgeous minutiae of how the role of Frank Sinatra was played in everyday life, illustrated with scores of classic photographs, some of them never before published. The Way You Wear Your Hat was crafted from rare interviews with many intimates, including Tony Bennett, Don Rickles, Angie Dickinson, Tony Curtis, Robert Wagner, and Joey Bishop, as well as daughters Nancy and Tina Sinatra.
SYNOPSIS
Written with Frank Sinatra's cooperation, this biography of the singer is replete with stories and photos.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
Narrator Brian Emerson reads this celebrity profile in a well-phrased pleasant voice, with limited emotion. This is not a formal biography of superstar powerbroker Frank Sinatra, who died in May at the age of 82. We learn his likes, dislikes, and behavior as singer, actor, and head of Hollywood's "Rat Pack." Missing are things like rumors of Mafia connections or reprisals against enemies like ex-son-in-law Tommy Sands. Friends, relatives, and Sinatra himself provided info. This man of talent was fascinating, if flawed. He craved to be the best and own the best, was generous to friends and relatives, and hated journalists who wrote unsympathetically about his public brawls and affairs with women. Although far from complete, this study provides a good deal. Recommended for popular biography collections.--Gordon Blackwell, Eastchester, NY
Library Journal
A biography of Frank Sinatra, written with Sinatra's cooperation and published in time for his 82nd birthday on December 12.
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