The Resource Alone : the triumph and tragedy of John Curry, Bill Jones
Alone : the triumph and tragedy of John Curry, Bill Jones
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- Summary
- Tells the story of Olympic skater John Curry, revealing a man tormented by ambition, lifelong rivalries, homophobia, financial ruin, and deep personal tragedy who succumbed to AIDS and died of a heart attack at the age of forty-four
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 344 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Prologue
- 'I am a dancer'
- 'Forbidden fruit'
- 'For the morons'
- 'The hermit of Denver'
- 'That Olympic business'
- 'The fairy for the tree'
- 'Dangerous appetites'
- 'Daddy says no'
- 'With an angel'
- 'Moving on air'
- 'Silently the senses'
- 'The kiss of the sun'
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Isbn
- 9781408853429
- Label
- Alone : the triumph and tragedy of John Curry
- Title
- Alone
- Title remainder
- the triumph and tragedy of John Curry
- Statement of responsibility
- Bill Jones
- Subject
-
- Biographies
- Curry, John, 1949-1994
- Curry, John, 1949-1994
- Figure skaters
- trueFigure skaters -- Biography
- Figure skaters -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueGay athletes -- Biography
- Gay figure skaters
- trueGay figure skaters -- Biography
- Gay figure skaters -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueGay men -- Biography
- Great Britain
- trueHomophobia
- Olympic athletes
- trueOlympic athletes -- Biography
- Olympic athletes -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueOlympic medal winners -- Biography
- trueWinter Olympic medal winners -- Biography
- Biographies
- trueAmbition in men
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Tells the story of Olympic skater John Curry, revealing a man tormented by ambition, lifelong rivalries, homophobia, financial ruin, and deep personal tragedy who succumbed to AIDS and died of a heart attack at the age of forty-four
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10401648
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jones, Bill
- Dewey number
- 796.912092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Curry, John
- Figure skaters
- Gay figure skaters
- Olympic athletes
- Curry, John
- Figure skaters
- Gay figure skaters
- Olympic athletes
- Great Britain
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the triumph and tragedy of John Curry
- Label
- Alone : the triumph and tragedy of John Curry, Bill Jones
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Prologue -- 'I am a dancer' -- 'Forbidden fruit' -- 'For the morons' -- 'The hermit of Denver' -- 'That Olympic business' -- 'The fairy for the tree' -- 'Dangerous appetites' -- 'Daddy says no' -- 'With an angel' -- 'Moving on air' -- 'Silently the senses' -- 'The kiss of the sun' -- Acknowledgments -- Index
- Control code
- ocn880195355
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 344 pages
- Isbn
- 9781408853429
- Lccn
- 2014495975
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)880195355
- Label
- Alone : the triumph and tragedy of John Curry, Bill Jones
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Prologue -- 'I am a dancer' -- 'Forbidden fruit' -- 'For the morons' -- 'The hermit of Denver' -- 'That Olympic business' -- 'The fairy for the tree' -- 'Dangerous appetites' -- 'Daddy says no' -- 'With an angel' -- 'Moving on air' -- 'Silently the senses' -- 'The kiss of the sun' -- Acknowledgments -- Index
- Control code
- ocn880195355
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 344 pages
- Isbn
- 9781408853429
- Lccn
- 2014495975
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)880195355
Subject
- Biographies
- Curry, John, 1949-1994
- Curry, John, 1949-1994
- Figure skaters
- trueFigure skaters -- Biography
- Figure skaters -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueGay athletes -- Biography
- Gay figure skaters
- trueGay figure skaters -- Biography
- Gay figure skaters -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueGay men -- Biography
- Great Britain
- trueHomophobia
- Olympic athletes
- trueOlympic athletes -- Biography
- Olympic athletes -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueOlympic medal winners -- Biography
- trueWinter Olympic medal winners -- Biography
- Biographies
- trueAmbition in men
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