Jerry lewis photos biography amazon

*Includes pictures.
*Includes Lewis' quotes about his own life and career.
*Includes a bibliography for further reading.
*Includes a table of contents.

“I've had great success being a total idiot.” – Jerry Lewis

A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees?

In Charles River Editors’ American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America’s most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.

Jerry Lewis has been in show business for over 7 decades, a multi-talented entertainer known for comedy, acting, singing, and producing and directing films to match. In many ways, his versatility is unprecedented even today, an era in which stars routinely alternate between film and musical careers, and Lewis has enjoyed it, as he once happily noted, “I get paid for what most kids get punishe