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Lesley L. Coffin is a freelance writer on film and popular culture. She is the author of Lew Ayres: Hollywood's Conscientious Objector (2012).

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I was disappointed in this book. Yes, we did learn more about Ayers than previously known. There were numerous quotes from Ayers , an appendix of letters sent to government officials during WWII when Ayers came out as a conscientious objector, a complete filmography, and extensive footnotes. However, I felt there could have been more interviews with those who knew and worked with him. I felt there could have been fewer errors – for example, on page 44 a photograph identified actor Henry Travers as Charles Butterworth and on page 70, actor Leslie Howard’s name was spelled as Lesley Howard. It is these kinds of errors that make me distrust the rest of the book. However, the most disappointing was at the end of the book that mentioned Ayers death. There was no closure to the book to indicate where Ayers was buried, was there a memorial service and who attended and who did the eulogy, what happened to his wife, what happened to his son, and does he have any grandchildren. All of these were questions were left unanswered and to me, a good biography needs to provide closure.… (més)
 
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knahs | Dec 15, 2013 |

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