New York, N.Y. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 319, [1] pages. Illustrations. Slight DJ wear. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Inscription reads: To Julia--My Best. George Burns. Also contains a second inscription on the front endpaper from David Fisher, the co-author, which reads Spring 1989 To Phillip and Dorothy, At least this won't sink. I'm very pleased to be your friend, with best wishes David Fisher. Gracie brings to life the charming woman who was smart enough to become the dumbest woman in show business history. Onstage she was lovable, confusing Gracie, who believed horses must be deaf because she saw so few of them at concerts, and who decided to cut her vacuum cleaner cord in half so she could save on electricity. Offstage she was a devoted wife and the loving mother--and throughout her career in vaudeville, radio, television, and the movies, she managed to hide that her left arm had been scarred in a childhood accident and that she suffered from migraine headaches. Offstage, George explains, she was nothing like the dizzy character she played, "except maybe for the time she backed up into a parked car and managed to convince the driver of that car that he'd hit her." "SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE..." With those now familiar words, George Burns and Gracie Allen bid farewell to devoted audiences at the end of each of their broadcasts throughout the Golden Age of radio and television. George Burns tells the story of his life with Gracie, the dizzy comedienne whose "illogical logic" charmed America. Burns recalls their first meeting, the tours, days in Hollywood, and their lasting friendship with Jack Benny and others. More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, c1989. Fourth Printing. 24 cm, 320, illus., slight scuffing to DJ. More