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Bogart: In Search of My Father | 
| Authors: Stephen Humphrey Bogart, Gary Provost
Creator: Lauren Bacall
Publisher: Plume
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 871329
Media: Paperback
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0452277043
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780452277045
ASIN: 0452277043
Publication Date: November 1, 1996
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Product Description
Humphrey Bogart's son examines his father's life as an actor, a man, a husband, and a father, as he presents a picture of a man with a tough image that belied his ambitions and vulnerabilities. Reprint.
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 son of a legend... April 3, 2007
Kerry O. Burns
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I don't imagine any of us really know what it is like to be the son of a legend..the incredible pressure that must come with living up to your father..it sounds like a wonderful easy life but as Stephen Bogart let's us know it's not..a book full of anecdotes and stories, self-examination, a bit too much whining for my tastes but nevertheless some tasty morsels can be found in this book..
Would you like some cheese with that whine? November 14, 2006
foxylibrarian (Dallas, TX United States)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book is a collection of stores from interviews conducted by Stephen. Who, after a battle with cocaine, removing the chip from his shoulder, and maturing, decided to find out who his fater was. The book is a fast read, has a few interesting stories, and the pics are good. Glad I checked it out of the library and didn't pay for it.
 Insightful tale of how Bogart's son came to terms with his fame December 31, 2005
Blaine Greenfield (Belle Meade, NJ)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Heard BOGART: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER, written and
read by Stephen Humphrey Bogart . . . his son was only eight
when he died and for a long time, it was difficult for him to
deal with his legendary father . . . only with the encouragement
of his famous mother, Lauren Bacall, was he finally able to
come to terms with some of the anger he felt toward his father.
I'm still not quite sure that I understand this feeling; it's almost
as if he blamed his father for dying . . . however, Stephen
Bogart did a good job of researching his father Humphrey, and
he shares many amusing anecdotes that I not heard previously.
In addition, I enjoyed reading about how Bogart and Bacall
met and fell in love.
BOGART: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER gave me the impression
that Humphrey had no idea how to raise his children, but it
was clear that he did love them . . . Stephen Bogart now
appreciates this fact, too.
 a tiring search January 12, 2004
Chris E. Dalton (Arlington, Texas United States)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Well written but hardly engaging, Stephen Bogart descends to the predictable far too often. Open any section and the recipe will be identical: Fascinating anecdotes about Humphrey Bogart & mid-century Hollywood are sandwiched between massive slabs of "oh my daddy died and thats why life has been so hard for me me me!" The mantra of selfpity continues throughout. For those who blame their parents for the crippling hardship of adulthood (!) this is the book for you. Bogart fans will perhaps be less pleased - 2 stars for fluid prose & the bits which actually deal with Bogie, icon & man
 By far the best bio I've read... August 24, 2003
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book is the best biography I ever read! You learn what Bogart was really like when he wasn't on set doing a movie. You get a real good idea about how he really was in real life. Stephen Bogart tells wonderful stories that he's heard about his father and puts an end to some of the rumors about him. You learn about the last days Bogie was living and what everyone close to him went through. You get to read about the first time Bacall and Bogie met and their love story! Great book!
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