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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Steve Irwin, Lucille Ball, and "Dog" the Bounty Hunter

Well, isn't that a strange grouping! The only thing they have in common is that they were all on TV, and they all have biographies.

Steve and Me, by Terri Irwin ( HC, 2007, $2)
Terry Irwin was 27 when she went on vacation to Australia and met Steve Irwin. A year later they were married, and taking a crocodile-trapping honeymoon. "Terry Irwin portrays her husband as he really was- a devoted family man, a fervently dedicated environmentalist, a modest bloke who spoke to millions on behalf of those who could not speak for themselves."
Crocodile Man, we miss you.

The "I Love Lucy" Book, by Bart Andrews ( TPB, 1985, 423 pages, $2.75)
Here is anything AND everything you ever wanted to know about the show: exclusive interviews, rare photos, a detailed synopses of every episode, plus an exhaustive index of "Lucy" references. Wow!

You Can Run But You Can't Hide, by Duane "Dog" Chapman (HC, 2002, $3)
Read this book if you want to know about Chapman's hunts, but Chapman wasn't always a bounty hunter.  More interesting to me was how he started out- as a gang member, an addict, and as a prison inmate for 18 months. "Against all odds, Dog turned his life around and went from ex-con to American icon in the process. This is his story."