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Moonwalk, October 2009
Hardcover (reprint)
Harmony
October 2009
On Sale: October 13, 2009
320 pages ISBN: 0307716988 EAN: 9780307716989 Hardcover (reprint)
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Non-Fiction
With original Foreword by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, a new
Introduction by Motown founder Berry Gordy, and an
Afterword by Michael Jackson’s editor and publisher, Shaye
Areheart. “I’ve always wanted to be able to tell stories, you know,
stories that came from my soul. I’d like to sit by a fire
and tell people stories – make them see pictures, make them
cry and laugh, take them anywhere emotionally with
something as deceptively simple as words. I’d like to tell
tales to move their souls and transform them. I’ve always
wanted to be able to do that. Imagine how the great writers
must feel, knowing they have that power. I sometimes feel I
could do it. It’s something I’d like to develop. In a way,
songwriting uses the same skills, creates the emotional
highs and lows, but the story is a sketch. It’s
quicksilver. There are very few books written on the art of
storytelling, how to grip listeners, how to get a group of
people together and amuse them. No costumes, no makeup, no
nothing, just you and your voice, and your powerful ability
to take them anywhere, to transform their lives, if only
for minutes.” –Michael Jackson, in Moonwalk From the 1988 edition: Megastar Michael Jackson’s singularly brilliant career and
intensely private lifestyle have become a magnificent
obsession for millions of rock fans and celebrity watchers
throughout the world. His double-platinum singles rocket to
the top of the music charts with a velocity equaled only by
the inevitable accompaniment of wild rumors about his
eccentric personal life. Now for the first time, Michael
Jackson breaks the fiercely guarded barrier of silence that
has surrounded him in a remarkably candid and courageous
book — Moonwalk. In this intimate and often moving personal account of
Michael Jackson’s public and private life, he recalls a
childhood that was both harsh and joyful but always
formidable. Michael and his brothers played amateur music
shows and seamy Chicago strip joints until Motown’s
corporate image makers turned the Jackson 5 into worldwide
superstars. Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 have combined
sales of over 200 million albums. He talks about the happy
prankster days of his youth, traveling with his brothers,
and of his sometimes difficult relationships with his
family over the years. He speaks candidly about the
inspiration behind his music, his mesmerizing dance moves,
and the compulsive drive to create that has made him one of
the biggest stars in the music business and a legend in his
own time. The Guinness Book of World Records lists Thriller
as the biggest-selling-album of all time. In Moonwalk, Michael Jackson shares his personal feelings
about some of his most public friends…friends like Diana
Ross, Berry Gordy, Quincy Jones, Paul McCartney, Fred
Astaire, Marlon Brando, and Katharine Hepburn. He talks
openly about the crushing isolation of his fame, of his
first love, of his plastic surgery, and of his wholly
exceptional career and the often bizarre and unfair rumors
that have surrounded it. Illustrated with rare photographs from Jackson family
albums and Michael’s personal photographic archives, as
well as a drawing done by Michael exclusively for this
book, Moonwalk is a memorable journey to the very heart and
soul of a modern musical genius.
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