{"product_id":"notes-on-a-cowardly-lion-the-biography-of-bert-lahr-9781504048439","title":"Notes on a Cowardly Lion: The Biography of Bert Lahr","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Lahr\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media LLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Open Road Integrated Media LLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Non-Classifiable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Lahr's stunning and complex biography of his father, the legendary actor and comedian Bert Lahr\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on a Cowardly Lion\u003c\/i\u003e is John Lahr's masterwork: an all-encompassing biography of his father, the comedian and performer Bert Lahr. Best known as the Cowardly Lion in MGM's classic \u003ci\u003eThe Wizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e, Lahr was a consummate artist whose career spanned burlesque, vaudeville, Broadway, and Hollywood. While he could be equally raucous and polished in public, Lahr was painfully insecure and self-absorbed in private, keeping his family at arm's length as he quietly battled his inner demons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told with an impressive objectivity and keen understanding of the construction--and destruction--of the performer, \u003ci\u003eNotes on a Cowardly Lion\u003c\/i\u003e is more than one man's quest to understand his father; it is an extraordinary examination of a life in American show business.","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45411251716247,"sku":"9781504048439","price":1868.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781504048439.webp?v=1767106083","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/notes-on-a-cowardly-lion-the-biography-of-bert-lahr-9781504048439","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}