It takes the average reader 7 hours and 30 minutes to read Sinatra by Ted Schwarz
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This is the book every other Sinatra biographer wanted to write! Nick Sevano was a life-long friend of Sinatra's as well as his manager for -- 23 years. He was in a unique position to know everything that went on in Frank's life and reveals much never-before-told information in this stunning book. Nick was initially hired by his mother's close friend, Dolly Sinatra, to act as Frank's driver and Dolly's payoff man when she still had to bribe club owners to let Frank sing. Nick was present as Sinatra truly learned his art, as he raced through every beautiful woman who was willingly bedded, and as he handled the tough guys Frank liked to challenge but was too weak to fight. He promoted Flank's records, rigged music popularity polls in Frank's favour at Down Beat Magazine, worked on Frank's behalf with the club owners, and became intimate with the Mob bosses who were the real powers behind the leading night clubs and performance locations. All the major best-selling biographers have interviewed Nick, but he felt it was prudent (for his health) to say little about Sinatra that was not publicly known -- until now. Nick can now tell what really happened because most of the dangerous characters he dealt with over the years are either dead, in prison or near dead! And now that the threats are gone, many others are telling their stories to Nick's co-author, Ted Schwarz, and everything can be properly documented. The true story of Sinatra's life is at last becoming available. The authors reveal: The truth behind Sinatra's remarkable movie career, from the films where he sang songs that had nothing to do with the plot, to his great success in From Here to Eternity, to the myth of the Johnny Fontane role in The Godfather. Frank did it "his way" only when he stayed within the Mob's rules. When he got out of line in Las Vegas, Frank was the subject of a sit-down with Mafia Dons and Nick was present when Sinatra was told by mob enforcers to "shape-up or die". How Joe Kennedy, in the 1960 JFK Presidential campaign, used Sinatra, Sammy Davis, and other Sinatra contacts, and then suddenly refused to allow them to get near JFK fearing their Mob affiliations could disparage his son. The private stories of the businesses that Nick owned with Frank and that he witnessed as an insider: from a music publishing company, to restaurants, to the Cal-Neva Lodge where Marilyn Monroe failed in her first attempt at suicide. Plus the many never-before-told insider stories of: the scandals, the endless supply of women and the amazing triumphs.
Sinatra by Ted Schwarz is 450 pages long, and a total of 112,500 words.
This makes it 152% the length of the average book. It also has 137% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 14 minutes to read Sinatra aloud.
Sinatra is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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