Biography of bill cosby books

William Henry Cosby Jr. is an American retired comedian, actor, and media personality.

The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby.

As the only biography of Bill Cosby for the adult market, this book explores his feelings and thoughts in great detail.

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Cosby: His Life and Times

The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and associates, it fryst vatten a frank, fun and fascinating account of his life and historic legacy.

Far from the gentle worlds of his routines or TV shows, Cosby grew up in a Philadelphia housing planerat arbete , the son of an alcoholic, largely absent father and a loving but overworked mother. With novelistic detail, award winning reporter Mark Whitaker tells the story of how, after dropping out of high school, Cosby turned his life around by joining the Navy, talking his way into college, and seizing his first breaks as a stand-up comedian.

Published on the 30th anniversary of The Cosby Show, the book reveals the behind-the-scenes story of that groundbreaking sitcom as well as Cosby’s bestselling albums, breakout role on I Spy, and pioneering place in children’s TV. But it also deals wit

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Books by Bill Cosby

Fatherhood
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3.86 avg rating — 5,536 ratings — published 1986 — 36 editions

The Meanest Thing to Say
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3.57 avg rating — 1,007 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions

Time Flies
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3.53 avg rating — 847 ratings — published 1987 — 19 editions

Love and Marriage
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3.51 avg rating — 692 ratings — published 1989 — 19 editions

I Didn't Ask to Be Born
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3.20 avg rating — 754 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions

Come on, People: On the Path from Victims to Victors
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3.58 avg rating — 470 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions

The Best Way to Play
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3.48 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions

The Treasure Hunt
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3.34 avg rating — 392 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions

Cosbyology: Essays and Observations from the Doctor of Comedy
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3.44

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Cosby

Comedian, actor, and writer Bill Cosby is one of the most successful and respected entertainers in America. Yet the Cosby we know today came from a much different place and time than the ideal featured in his 1980s hit series "The Cosby Show," where the main character was a loveable, responsible doctor and family man.Cosby: The Life of a Comedy Legend by Ronald L. Smith, a recognized writer on comedy and comedians, tracks the humble upbringing of the Cos in the Philadelphia projects; explores the inspiration he drew from his family, his teachers, the strong female figures in his life, and the books he read; discusses the hardships he experienced while working several jobs to help support his sisters and brothers after his father deserted the family; and reveals his lean years as a budding comic, his early successes, and the big break that brought him to television.As the only biography of Bill Cosby for the adult market, this book explores his feelings and thoughts in great