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Joe Franklin’s ‘Marilyn’ on Kindle

The Marilyn Monroe Story (1954) was the very first biography to be published  about Marilyn, and copies of the original now sell for high prices. So I was delighted to find that this rare book is now available on Kindle for just £1.93!

If you don’t own a Kindle, you can still read this on your computer if you download Amazon’s Kindle For PC. And if you would still prefer a hard copy, author Joe Franklin’s website tells us that the book will soon be reissued in paperback.

Let’s hope some other rare books will made available this way. Here’s a selection of MM-related titles on Kindle:

My Story by Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn by Norman Mailer

Inside Marilyn Monroe by John Gilmore

Cursum Perficio by Gary Vitacco-Robles

MM: Cover to Cover by Clark Kidder

A Different View of Marilyn by Al Guastafeste

To Norma Jeane With Love, Jimmie by James Dougherty

 

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Ray Tolman and Marilyn’s Brentwood Hacienda

Artwork by Brandon Heidrick

“Ray Tolman, who built music stands, played the flute and taught sociology in his long career, died at his home near Bergen Park on June 28. He was 93.

Tolman, who started building things when he was 9, had one famous client few would guess: Marilyn Monroe. He had met her through her psychiatrist, for whom Tolman built a conference table. According to Tolman, when Monroe saw the table, she asked him to design several things for her home, and he was still building for her when she died in 1962.”

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To learn more about Marilyn’s last home, visit the website of author Gary Vitacco-Robles, author of Cursum Perficio: Marilyn Monroe’s Brentwood Hacienda.