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Daughter of Daring: The Trick-Riding, Train-Leaping, Road-Racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood’s First Stuntwoman
by Mallory O'Meara (Author)★★★★★
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From LA Times bestselling author Mallory O'Meara, the story of America’s first professional stuntwoman, Helen Gibson, who rose to fame during a time when women ruled Hollywood.
Helen Gibson was a woman willing to do anything to give audiences a thrill. Advertised as "The Most Daring Actress in Pictures," Helen emerged in the early days of the twentieth-century silent film scene as a rodeo rider, background actor, stunt double, and eventually one of the era’s biggest action stars. Her exploits on motorcycles, train cars, and horseback were as dangerous as they were glamorous, featured in hundreds of films and serials--yet her legacy was quickly overshadowed by the increasingly hypermasculine and male-dominated evolution of cinema in the decades that would follow her.
Award-winning author Mallory O'Meara presents her life and career in exhilarating detail, including:Helen's rise to fame in The Hazards of Helen, the longest-running serial in historyHow Helen became the first-ever stuntwoman in American filmThe pivotal role of Helen's contemporaries--including female directors, stars, and stuntwomen who shaped the making of cinema as we know it.
Through the page-turning story of Helen's pioneering legacy, Mallory O'Meara gives readers a glimpse of the Golden Age of Hollywood that could have been: an industry where women call the shots.
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Product Information
Publisher | Hanover Square Press |
Publication date | February 18, 2025 |
Edition | Original |
Language | English |
Print length | 384 pages |
ISBN-10 | 1335007938 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1335007933 |
Item Weight | 1.05 pounds |
Dimensions | 6.01 x 1.15 x 9.23 inches |
Best Sellers Rank | #543,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,257 in Women in History #2,371 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies #3,539 in Women's Biographies |
Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 12 ratings |