A. SCOTT BERG

Katherine Hepburn, una lección de vida y arte.Autor de grandes biografías y ganador del Premio Pulitzer en 1999 por su libro sobre Charles Lindbergh, A. Scott Berg entabló una amistad con esta inolvidable actriz y gran mujer. En 1983, cuando acababa de cumplir 75 años, Hepburn le abrio las puertas de su casa y el escritor se convirtio en su confidente. Por estas paginas desfilan detalles ineditos de sus relaciones con Spencer Tracy y Howard Hughes, asi como interesantes anecdotas sobre sus encuentros con personajes como Michael Jackson. Pero lo que mas impacta son las lecciones de vida que Hepburn imparte con gran sentido del humor, sabiduria y fuerza de caracter.

For seven decades Katharine Hepburn played a leading role in the popular culture of the twentieth century - reigning as an admired actress, a beloved movie star, and a treasured icon of the modern American woman. She also remained one of the most private of all the public figures of her time. In 1983 - at the age of seventy-five, her career cresting - the four-time Academy Award winner opened the door to biographer A. Scott Berg - then thirty-three - and began a special friendship, one that endured to the end of her illustrious life. From the start, Scott Berg felt that Katharine Hepburn intended his role to be not just that of a friend but also of a chronicler, a confidant who might record for posterity her thoughts and feelings. Over the next twenty years, Kate used their many hours together to reveal all that came to mind, often reflecting on the people and episodes of her past, occasionally on the meaning of life. Here are the stories from those countless intimate conversations, and much more. In addition to recording heretofore untold biographical details of her entire phenomenal career and her famous relationships with such men as Spencer Tracy and Howard Hughes, Kate Remembered also tells the amusing, often emotional story of one of the most touching friendships in her final years. Scott Berg provides his own memories of Katharine Hepburn offstage - quiet dinners in her town house in New York City, winter swims (she swam, he watched) in the Long Island Sound at Fenwick, her home in Connecticut, weekend visits with family members and dear friends...even some unusual appearances by the likes of Michael Jackson and Warren Beatty. Finally, Kate Remembered discusses the legendary actress''s moving farewell, during which her mighty personality surrendered at last to her failing body - all the while remaining true to her courageous character. (...)

A. Scott Berg nos muestra a una Katherine Hepburn totalmente sincera: detalles inéditos de su relación con Spencer Tracy y H. Hugues y sus anécdotas más interesantes.

La biografía definitiva de uno de los héroes del siglo XX, Charles Lindbergh, que en 1927 consiguió una hazaña indeleble con su avión El espíritu de San Luis, realizando el primer vuelo sin escalas entre Nueva York y Paris. Desde entonces Lindbergh se convirtio en una celebridad mundial y participo activamente en los acontecimientos que marcaron decisivamente la historia del siglo. Personaje polemico y emprendedor, esta obra retrata detalladamente todos los aspectos de su vida publica y privada.