The James Dean You Didn't Know

by Herbert Wolff

Overview

“The James Dean You Didn’t Know” is the story of Jimmy Dean and the author, Herbert Wolff – first as students at UCLA, and later reuniting in friendship, discovery and ambition in New York City. (The earlier of the two vignettes was published previously on Kindle as “James Dean: The First Year.”)

For three generations after his tragic death, Jimmy Dean remains a source of wonder and legend. And the U.S. Postal Service put out a commemorative stamp…the same as they did with Marilyn and Elvis.

But legends give rise from reality, and Herbert Wolff writes about instances that only he and James Dean shared. These are a series of small occurrences experienced by these two men in their early 20s, revealing James Dean’s zeal to grasp everything that might fulfill what he believed to be an unfulfilled life.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013400207
Publisher:	Very Best Publishers
Publication date:	09/24/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	19 KB

About the Author

Herbert Wolff is an author whose e-works include a textbook/guide on business presentation skills, a unique novel/screenplay, several stage plays, memoirs. Details on these are available at www.verybestpublishers.com. He also is co-author with John Quick of Small-Studio Videotape Production (Addison-Wesley, 1976); and co-author with his wife, Carol T. Robbins of The Very Best Ice Cream and Where to Find It (Warner Books, 1985).

Herb and Carol now reside in North Carolina, where he continues to write in a variety of genres and styles. They spend their summers in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts, where he is on-air reviewer of summer theatre and opera performances for NPR affiliate WAMC, Northeast Public Radio.

Herb began university studies in theater and English intent on being an acclaimed playwright, following service in the Marine Corps post-World War II. After graduation he headed to New York, where he got caught up in the lure of acting. He studied under the guidance of Lee Strasberg and subsequently had roles with summer theater companies in upstate New York and on "live" television.

When acting "success" seemed too distant, he moved behind the cameras and began a career in preparing and coaching audiovisual presentations for engineers in aerospace industries in Denver. He soon formed a consulting firm that included advertising and public relations services. The lure of New York was again dangled, and Herb joined the largest (at that time) advertising firm in the world, responsible for new business and client presentations.

After other corporate executive positions, he again formed his own consulting company that included writing and directing videos for industries and governments. His assignments sent him to such diverse cities as Kiev, Cairo, Tbilisi, Caracas, and Ekaterinberg. He is former vice president of International Television Association and former Chairman of Massachusetts Advisory Council on Scientific and Technical Education.

Herb has a B.A. from the University of Denver, where he taught undergraduate courses in business writing and business presentations. He also has an M.S. from Boston University, where he taught graduate courses in video production in the College of Public Communication.