Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon

A behind-the-scenes look at the life of the most extraordinary martial artist of all timeBruce Lee.

Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon is an illustrated biography of this fascinating martial artist and movie star, from the start of his career to his untimely and tragic death in 1973. This book reveals a quiet family man behind the charismatic public persona. It shows the real Bruce Leethe man who was so much more than an international film and martial arts celebrity.

This brilliant photo essaycompiled and edited by Bruce Lee expert John Little with the assistance of Lee's widow, Linda Lee Cadwellreveals never-before-published family photos, including rare photos of Bruce's childhood in Hong Kong. Tender moments with his children are caught on camera, and action shots from his martial arts films are shown.

With a preface by his daughter Shannon Lee and a foreword by wife Linda, the text is drawn directly from Bruce Lee's own diaries and journals. Based on the award-winning Warner Bros. documentary, Bruce Lee: In His Own Words, sections include:

• Chronology of the Life of Bruce Lee
• Early Yearswhy he began studying gung fu (kung fu) and took up wing chun, his first starring role, and his return to the US
• Hollywoodwhy he got the part in The Green Hornet, teaching Steve McQueen, James Coburn and Stirling Silliphant, filming Enter the Dragon, The Way of the Dragon, Fist of Fury and more, training and acting with Chuck Norris, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dean Martin and Sharon Tate, and the creation of Jeet Kune Do (JKD)
• Familymeeting Linda, having children and daily life

This Bruce Lee Book is part of the Bruce Lee Library which also features:

• Bruce Lee: Striking Thoughts
• Bruce Lee: The Tao of Gung Fu
• Bruce Lee: Artist of Life
• Bruce Lee: Letters of the Dragon
• Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body
• Bruce Lee: Jeet Kune Do

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