02026cam a2200397 i 4500 1709898145 TxAuBib 20241213120000.0 240210s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2024028951 9781451645279 HRD 30.00 1451645279 HRD 30.00 (OCoLC)1420449682 TxAuBib rda Zehme, Bill, author. Carson the magnificent [BOOK] / Bill Zehme with Mike Thomas. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024. 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier lncludes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and index. A much-anticipated biography--20 years in the making--of the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture. Twenty years in the making, Zemhe and Thomas's book examines "oneof the most inscrutable figures in entertainment history: a man who brought so much joy and laughter to so many millions but was himself exceedingly shy and private. Zehme traces Carson's rise from a magic-obsessed Nebraska boy to a Navy ensign in World War II to a burgeoning radio and TV personality to, eventually, host of The Tonight Show--which he transformed, along with the entirety of American popular culture, over the next three decades. 20241213. Carson, Johnny 1925-2005. Tonight show (Television program.) Television personalities United States Biography. Television talk show hosts United States Biography. Biographies. Thomas, Mike, 1970-, author.