The Salad Days Author:Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Raconteur, bon vivant, actor and diplomat, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. is an American Prince of Wales. Born into a distinguished circle of movie greats, he became a prince of the silver screen, a legend of Hollywood's golden age. His glittering lifestyle has taken him into the world of privilege and power, and his many leading ladies - both on and ... more »off the screen - have included Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Vera Zorina, Gertrude Lawrence, Rita Hayworth and Katharine Hepburn. In The Salad Days, Fairbanks paints a self-portrait that shines with the same kind of wit, warth, candor and charm found in David Niven's bestselling The Moon's a Balloon. The Salad Days recreates a time and place that will never be seen again.« less