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Simon & Schuster
November 2010
On Sale: November 2, 2010
272 pages ISBN: 1439172102 EAN: 9781439172100 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
The career of Stefanie Powers is one of so many stage,
screen, and television credits that her name alone recalls
memories as varied as her roles—on screen and off. From
movie roles including John Wayne’s daughter in McLintock!
and Lana Turner’s rival in Love Has Many Faces, to being
terrorized by Tallulah Bankhead in Die, Die My Darling and
befriending a Volkswagen in Herbie Rides Again, she stepped
onto the television screen as the sexy secret agent April
Dancer in The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. and the jet-setting,
crime-solving wife of Robert Wagner in Hart to Hart. She is
also an award-winning stage actress, fitness advocate, and
an internationally recognized animal conservationist. A natural beauty groomed for show business at an early age,
Stefanie Powers began her career at the tail end of the
Studio System, a dynamic education in star quality and
Hollywood history she happily admits was “one hell of a
ride.” Privileged to have worked with some of the greatest
names in the Hollywood firmament, Stephanie tells of the
time she broke down in tears at a party over her divorce
from actor Gary Lockwood, only to be comforted with a
cocktail and the hard-won, been-there advice from two guests
she had never met: Elizabeth Taylor and Ava Gardner. Costarring with Robert Wagner in Hart to Hart not only
brought her five Emmy Award nominations but it created a
working relationship that endured more than fifteen years.
Through it all, Stephanie treasured the camaraderie of her
close-knit community, and here she shares the priceless
lessons she learned. But in a lifetime of dear friends and associates, no other
had such a significant effect on Stefanie than one man:
Oscar-winning actor William Holden. In One from the Hart,
Stefanie reveals for the first time the extraordinary
nine-year relationship they shared, a transcendent love
story that ended with his tragic death as a result of
lifelong struggles with alcoholism and depression. It was
Holden, “a man of great fun, depth, and adventure,” who
introduced to Stefanie a distinctive and enriching personal
obsession in East Africa: the Mount Kenya Game Ranch. His
work in the conservation and preservation of endangered
species in East Africa began long before the issue became
popular, and he pioneered the concept of a game ranch in
Kenya. After his death, Powers established the William
Holden Wildlife Foundation to carry on with his passion and
his legacy to her. She built her own oasis on the foothills
of Mount Kenya and lives part time in one of the most
magnificent landscapes on Earth. This is One from the Hart, Stefanie Powers’s story of a
resourceful, empowered, and atypical celebrity life, told
with all the candor, wit, and wisdom that have come to
embody the woman herself.
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