{"product_id":"9781453288740","title":"Notes on a Cowardly Lion: The Biography of Bert Lahr","description":"\u003cb\u003eJohn Lahr’s stunning and complex biography of his father, the legendary actor and comedian Bert Lahr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on a Cowardly Lion\u003c\/i\u003e is John Lahr’s masterwork: an all-encompassing biography of his father, the comedian and performer Bert Lahr. Best known as the Cowardly Lion in MGM’s classic \u003ci\u003eThe Wizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e, Lahr was a consummate artist whose career spanned burlesque, vaudeville, Broadway, and Hollywood. While he could be equally raucous and polished in public, Lahr was painfully insecure and self-absorbed in private, keeping his family at arm’s length as he quietly battled his inner demons.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Told with an impressive objectivity and keen understanding of the construction—and destruction—of the performer, \u003ci\u003eNotes on a Cowardly Lion\u003c\/i\u003e is more than one man’s quest to understand his father; it is an extraordinary examination of a life in American show business.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183401418992,"sku":"9781453288740","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453288740_p0.jpg?v=1763847511","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453288740","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}