Doubling for McQueen and Redford: The Stunt Careers of Loren Janes and Mickey Gilbert

Since Hollywood's first motion-picture, stunt players have given blood, sweat, and tears to the business. From high falls and horse gags to fist-fights, fire, water-work and automotive mayhem, this largely unsung group of action-performers has been making movie violence believable and telling stories through exciting sequences without so much as an Oscar category to acknowledge their work.

This book follows the careers of Loren Janes and Mickey Gilbert, two fabled stunt practitioners born...