{"product_id":"stepin-fetchit-the-life-times-of-lincoln-perry-9781400096763","title":"Stepin Fetchit: The Life \u0026 Times of Lincoln Perry","description":"In the late 1920s and '30s Lincoln Perry, aka Stepin Fetchit, was both renowned and reviled for his surrealistic portrayals of the era's most popular comic stereotype-the lazy, shiftless Negro. Perry was hailed by critic Robert Benchley as \"the best actor that the talking movies have produced,\" and Mel Watkins's meticulously researched and sensitive biography reveals the paradoxes of this pioneering actor's life, from Perry's tremendous popularity to his money troubles and rowdy offscreen antics. As later generations come to recognize Perry's prodigious talent and achievements, in \u003ci\u003eStepin Fetchit, \u003c\/i\u003e Mel Watkins brilliantly and definitively illuminates the life and times of a legendary figure in American entertainment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mel Watkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.02w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400096763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMel Watkins, a former editor and writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDancing with Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e, a Literary Guild Selection, and of the highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eOn the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44302492860531,"sku":"9781400096763","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_299f8932-9d9d-4bb8-9a20-f1c2c7a29ff8.jpg?v=1770902139","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/stepin-fetchit-the-life-times-of-lincoln-perry-9781400096763","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}