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- Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life received mostly favorable reviews. [citation needed] Lev Grossman, Time book critic, ranked the book number 6 on his 2007 "Top 10 Nonfiction Books" list. Fellow comedian Jerry Seinfeld praised the book, calling it "one of the best books about comedy and being a comedian ever written."
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Nov 20, 2007 · Kindle $13.99. In the midseventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked away."
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by Steve Martin (Author) 4.3 6,217 ratings. See all formats and editions. The riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly.
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The book examines Martin's childhood, and his first jobs at the Southern California theme parks Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm. It includes his later stand-up comedy career, which lasted until 1981.
- Steve Martin
- 2007
Nov 15, 2007 · “Born Standing Up” is a tightly focused book, confining its emphasis to the ways in which both his wit and his personal life developed during these formative years. It is illustrated with...
Sep 2, 2008 · by Steve Martin (Author) 4.4 6,594 ratings. See all formats and editions. The riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly.
- Steve Martin
- $9.99
- Scribner
Sep 2, 2008 · Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life. The riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Timeand Entertainment Weekly. In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene.
Nov 20, 2007 · The riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly. In the...
