Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon: Hollywood Icon
(Part of the Lives Cut Short Series)
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This informative title highlights the life of Marilyn Monroe. Readers will learn about Monroe's background from her birth as Norma Jean through her unstable childhood in foster homes and orphanages to her marriage to James Dougherty at age 16. Monroe's early work is discussed, from her beginnings as a model with Blue Book Modeling Agency to her signing with Twentieth Century Fox Studios, and her becoming Marilyn Monroe, through early films such as Love Happy and We're Not Married to her superstar roles in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, The Seven Year Itch, Some Like it Hot, and The Misfits. Monroe's marriages to Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller are examined, as is her relationship with the Kennedy family. Monroe's descent into self-destructive behavior is covered, including her death by drug overdose at age 36. This book includes details of Monroe's life and covers the controversies surrounding her life and death. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Format:Library Binding
Language:English
ISBN:1617834815
ISBN13:9781617834813
Release Date:August 2012
Publisher:Essential Library
Length:112 Pages
Weight:0.86 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Age Range:11 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 6 to 12
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