James Dean a biography Author:John Howlett James Dean--dead at twenty-four, and still, two decades later, one of the most charismatic and idolized actors of all time. His film career lasted only sixteen months, but it produced three cinematic greats: East of Eden, Rebel without a Cause, and Giant, and his untimely death provoked unparalleled hysteria. John Howlett, working from extensive... more » research and interviews with the actors and directors who worked Dean and the people who knew him, has produced an extraordinarily revealing biography of a man who was a legend in his own time. Profusely illustrated with photographs from his boyhood years, stills from his movies, and candids of James Dean as a young man in New York and California, this is the definitive study of the man behind the myth-a myth that has survived two generations and shows no sign of losing its glamor and mystique. James Dean said,"If a man can bridge the gap between life and death...if he can live on after he's died, then maybe he was a great man." James Dean: A Biography is the portrait of a great man.« less