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A Maverick Life
This is the hardback version. Linda J. Alexander's exhaustive research has produced an unforgettable biography of Jack Kelly, the 1950s movie and television star. In real life, Jack was a child performer, the son of New York model Nan Kelly, brother of actress Nancy Kelly, and the brother-in-law of actor Edmond O'Brien and cinematographer Fred Jackman Jr. He was also a child star in the late 1930s. He appeared in A Crooked Road with Mickey Rooney (1954), To Hell and Back (1955) with Audie Murphy, and the Science Fiction classic The Forbidden Planet (1956) with Leslie Nielsen. Jack is perhaps best known today in his role as James Garner's brother on the classic American television Western ser...
A Maverick Life
Examines the life and career of the motion picture and television actor, city councilman, mayor, and newspaper publisher, most famously known for playing James Garner's brother on the TV show Maverick.
Over & Above
Jack Kelly is one of the most successful coaches in trampoline gymnastics and has, with his innovative thinking, led his athletes to European and World Championship success. He has pioneered many of the techniques that are used at world level today. In this comprehensive book, he outlines a process for developing world class skill in trampoline gymnastics. The methods described have been successful developing ’rising stars‘ as well as helping to re-model the technique of numerous advanced performers, enabling them to break through to the next level. The book culminates in a compendium of theoretical and practical guidance based on Kelly‘s years of striving for, and achieving, world class results. Along the way, Jack Kelly highlights the significant influences on his life that have made him into the coach he has become. Thus, the reader has the opportunity to benefit from the author‘s extensive knowledge and experience.
Valcour
The wild and suspenseful story of one of the most crucial and least known campaigns of the Revolutionary War "Vividly written... In novelistic prose, Kelly conveys the starkness of close-quarter naval warfare." —The Wall Street Journal "Few know of the valor and courage of Benedict Arnold... With such a dramatic main character, the story of the Battle of Valcour is finally seen as one of the most exciting and important of the American Revolution." —Tom Clavin author of Dodge City During the summer of 1776, a British incursion from Canada loomed. In response, citizen soldiers of the newly independent nation mounted a heroic defense. Patriots constructed a small fleet of gunboats on Lake C...
Kelly
Winner of the 2008 Premier Book Award for best biography The son of Irish immigrants who grew up along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia at the turn of the twentieth century, Jack Kelly became a three-time gold medal Olympian, a political maverick, and the millionaire father of a princess. In this classic American tale of grit and perseverance, the clash between old world privilege and new world courage is played out on many fronts—including the watery battlefield of rowing, where Kelly first chose to forge his strength of character. Author Daniel J. Boyne follows the life of Kelly as he parlays his athletic prowess to France during WWI and then ventures into Philadelphia politics durin...
A Great American Love Story
A Great American Love Story tells the tale of how the young enterprising poor American Boy became a man through hard work, ingenuity, perseverance and luck. His path led him to the military, Cornell, Wall Street, the love of his life and his beautiful family. There is something to learn for everyone, as you follow Jack Kelly on his life journey.
Murder in 13D
After winning a Pulitzer Prize, reporter Jack Kelly and colleague Bella Bravo continue their work exposing corruption in the NYPD. In the fall of 1944, the murder of R. Edson Cole sets them on a search for the answer to two questions. Who was reclusive millionaire R. Edson Cole and why was he silenced?
Papers of Jack H. Kelly
MS 8083 includes material about Kelly's farm in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, War Service Land Settlement Scheme, 1945-1947, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1948-1960, and the Beef Roads Scheme, 1961-1964; also photographs, newspaper cuttings, articles, interviews and Kelly's writings on his life. Several series cover published and unpublished works on all aspects of his careers. Research material for unfinished works is also included. Although described as the political father of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, very few papers are available to record his interest and involvement in this scheme (66 boxes).
