Jim Henson :
Jones, Brian Jay,
Jim Henson : the biography / Brian Jay Jones. - xiv, 585 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [497]-557) and index.
For the first time ever - a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth-century's most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson. He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people got to know him only through the iconic characters he created: Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Miss Piggy, Big Bird. The Muppets made Jim Henson a household name, but they were only part of his remarkable story. This extraordinary biography - written with the generous cooperation of the Henson family - covers the full arc of Henson's all-too-brief life: from his childhood in Leland, Mississippi, through the years of burgeoning fame in Washington D.C., New York, and London, to the decade of international celebrity that preceded his untimely death at age fifty-three.
9780345526113
2013024039
Henson, Jim.
Muppet show (Television program)
Sesame Street (Television program)
Puppeteers--United States--Biography.
Television producers and directors--United States--Biography.
PN1982.H46 / J66 2013
791.4302/33092 B
Jim Henson : the biography / Brian Jay Jones. - xiv, 585 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [497]-557) and index.
For the first time ever - a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth-century's most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson. He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people got to know him only through the iconic characters he created: Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Miss Piggy, Big Bird. The Muppets made Jim Henson a household name, but they were only part of his remarkable story. This extraordinary biography - written with the generous cooperation of the Henson family - covers the full arc of Henson's all-too-brief life: from his childhood in Leland, Mississippi, through the years of burgeoning fame in Washington D.C., New York, and London, to the decade of international celebrity that preceded his untimely death at age fifty-three.
9780345526113
2013024039
Henson, Jim.
Muppet show (Television program)
Sesame Street (Television program)
Puppeteers--United States--Biography.
Television producers and directors--United States--Biography.
PN1982.H46 / J66 2013
791.4302/33092 B