{"product_id":"from-under-my-hat-classic-reprint","title":"From Under My Hat (Classic Reprint)","description":"Excerpt from From Under My Hat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce upon a time there was a six-toed cousin. Mine. When I first saw him, I knew I was in show business. Kids in the neighborhood couldn''t afford pennies, but I made them pay five pins every time they got a look at him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the time when my six-teed cousin and I were in busi ness, I was Elda Furry. I was born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, a peaceful, pretty town fourteen miles out side the industrial city of Altoona. In the West we''d call it a suburb, although the Hollidaysburg citizens might want to hang me for using that term.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI made my entrance into this world June 2 (i''ll skip the year because I don''t want anyone following me around with a wheel chair) during one of the gaudiest electrical storms ever seen in the community. The heavens opened up and so did I. It is said that I came in screaming. Mother didn''t rightly know which was making the most noise, but she found out soon enough. The elements quit, but I didn''t.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn with good lungs, I''ve never stopped exercising them. Today I can outshout any producer in Hollywood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I was three we moved to Altoona. My growing pains were done to the rhythm of hard work; I never had it easy. What school learning I got was as sketchy as my knowledge of men. I didn''t make a high school, and boys didn''t seem to like me much. I had only one beau in Altoona, but I won''t fool you, I''ve had several since.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen life became intolerable at home, I ran New York and went on the stage. There I met Hopper. Inasmuch as I left home to escape being a butcher''s daughter, it seems ironical Spend the rest of my life dealing in ham.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut for De Wolf Hopper, this been written. Life with him was a liberal education. He set my feet upon the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.","brand":"Forgotten Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":39296203554861,"sku":"9781528049153","price":16.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39449900974125,"sku":"9780243447862","price":11.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9780243447862.jpg?v=1735125466","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/from-under-my-hat-classic-reprint","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}