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Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon (The Bruce Lee library)

Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon (The Bruce Lee library)

by JohnLittle (Editor)

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    Paperback 2000

    $4.33
Synopsis

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
This Bruce Lee Book is part of the Bruce Lee Library which also features:
  • 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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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 200
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: Sep 2000
ISBN 10: 0804832307
ISBN 13: 9780804832304
Book Overview: John Little is the editor of Striking Thoughts , the Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do newsletter. He is also a director of the Bruce Lee Educational Foundation.

Media Reviews
Packed with tales about his youth in Hong Kong, his acting career in America, and his philosophies on fighting. --Maxim
[An] expansive collection of photos, from his Hong Kong childhood to fatherhood with son Brandon. --Men's Fitness
Childhood snapshots, behind-the-scenes Hollywood images, and rare candid photos combine to form a scrapbook of Bruce's whole life. --Inside Kung Fu
One look at this book and you won't be able to put it down...brilliantly assembled photographic essay. --Martial Arts & Combat Sports
.. .Bruce Lee books are now also available in ebook format...That's great, it's nice if you're traveling to take everything with you in one little small container so-to-speak. --Martial Thoughts Podcast
Author Bio
John Little is the world's preeminent authority on Bruce Lee and his work. The editor of Striking Thoughts, he is also the publisher of Bruce Lee magazine and managing editor of Knowing Is Not Enough, the official newsletter of the Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus, as well as director of the Bruce Lee Educational Foundation.