Biography of bruce lee book

  • The “definitive” (The New York Times) biography of film legend Bruce Lee, who made martial arts a global phenomenon, bridged the divide between eastern and.
  • Polly breaks down the myths surrounding Bruce Lee and argues that, contrary to popular belief, he was an ambitious actor who was obsessed with the martial arts—.
  • Exhaustively researched and deeply thorough, Matthew Polly's biography of martial arts and film icon Bruce Lee is easily the most authoritative.

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    Bruce Lee

    "The first noteworthy treatment of its subject—and a definitive one at that...Fascinating narrative threads proliferate." —The New York Times Book Review

    "Bruce Lee: A Life by Matthew Polly is the first in-depth account of Lee's journey from a street-brawling teenager to a global icon…Lee's charisma, mål and relentless appetite for combat leap off the pages.” —CNN

    "Spirited celebration of the life of 'the Patron Saint of monark Fu,' a stalwart of pop culture whose career is due for a revival....Students of martial arts, film history, and the 1970s alike will find much to enjoy in Polly's homage." —Kirkus Review

    "This thorough, well-sourced biography from Polly is an engrossing examination of the life of a martial arts movie star and his shocking, early death....In what is certainly the definitive biography of Lee, Polly wonderfully profiles the man who constructed a new, masculine Asian archetype and ushered kung fu into pop culture." —Publish

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    Bruce Lee: A Life

    July 26, 2018
    As I’ve mentioned in other reviews, I was born in Hong Kong and even though I’ve lived in the U.S. for most of my life, that has not stopped me from having a strong connection to the place of my birth. My fondness for HK runs deep and even though it is a very different place now from what it was when I first grew to know the city back in the 1980s, my affinity for it has not waned. Because of this background, I’ve always been sensitive about how HK is portrayed, especially by the Western world and those who may or may not be familiar with the city’s language, culture, history, etc. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not saying that HK always has to be portrayed in a good light because we all know that bad things do happen there as they do everywhere in the world and bringing that stuff to light is absolutely necessary…rather, my concern has always been that the portrayal is accurate and fair, which, for those who do not already have familiarity with HK and/or C

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    Bruce Lee: The Man Only inom Knew

    1975 book by Linda Lee Cadwell

    Book cover

    AuthorLinda Lee Cadwell
    LanguageEnglish
    SubjectBruce Lee
    PublisherWarner Books Inc

    Publication date

    		April 1975
    Publication placeUnited States
    Media typePrint (Paperback)
    Pages207
    ISBN0-446-78774-4

    Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew (ISBN 9780446894074) is a 1975 book about martial arts legend Bruce Lee, written by his widow, Linda Lee Cadwell.[1]

    Background

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    The book was written very close to the time of Bruce Lee's death, thus being very close in Cadwell's memories. It is different from the one she wrote many years later.

    The book was then the basis for the movie Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story starring Jason Scott Lee (no relation) as Bruce Lee and Lauren Holly as Linda Emery (her maiden name).[2]

    At least three printings (April, June, August, 1975) of this book exist by Warner.

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