Deconstructing Sammy: Music, Money, Madness, and the Mob

Equal parts cultural history, celebrity biography, and brilliant investigative journalism, Deconstructing Sammy by Matt Birkbeck is abehind-the-scenes look at the disastrous fall of one of the brightest stars of Hollywood and Las Vegas: Sammy Davis, Jr. A member of the infamous Rat Pack, a compatriot of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, and one of the most popular performers of his day, SammyDavis, Jr. was an entertainment icon and a national treasure who earned more than $50 million over the course of his career yetended up nearly destitute.Deconstructing Sammy tells the whole sad, sordid, fascinating true story.