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CHAPTER TWO A TRUCK DRIVER AND NAVY VETERAN EMERGES AS THE FUTURE MOVIE STAR, ROCK HUDSON
CHAPTER THREE ROCK JOINS WILLSON’S STABLE OF STUDS AND MANAGES TO SEDUCE JUDY GARLAND
CHAPTER FOUR HUNGRY STARLET MARILYN MONROE SWAYS HER SHAPELY HIPS INTO ROCK’S LIFE
CHAPTER FIVE ROCK AND GUY MADISON INTRODUCE BEEFCAKE TO TINSELTOWN
CHAPTER SIX ROCK BECOMES THE BARON OF BEEFCAKE AND A DASHING LEADING MAN—RAW MEAT FOR SHE-WOLVES
CHAPTER SEVEN BOX OFFICE DYNAMITE, ROCK JOINS THE HOLLYWOOD PANTHEON. FANS MORPH HIM INTO A “MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION,” PHALLIC SYMBOL, & LUST OBJECT
CHAPTER EIGHT ROCK ENJOYS THE TRAPPINGS AND DANGERS OF MOVIE STARDOM
CHAPTER NINE CELEBRITIES FLOCK TO ROCK—ELIZABETH TAYLOR, MONTY CLIFT, TRUMAN CAPOTE, AND GARBO
CHAPTER TEN GIANT: IN HIS OSCAR NOD, ROCK HEATS UP THE SCREEN IN HOLLYWOOD’S ULTIMATE ODE TO TEXAS. HE SEDUCES HIS CO-STARS ELIZABETH TAYLOR & JAMES DEAN
CHAPTER ELEVEN ROCK LAUNCHES A SEVEN-YEAR REIGN AS KING OF HOLLYWOOD
CHAPTER TWELVE WHEN HIS MARRIAGE CRASHES, HE FLIES TO ITALY TO STAR AS HEMINGWAY HERO
CHAPTER THIRTEEN PILLOW TALK WITH AMERICA’S LA-DI-DA HAPPY-GO-LUCKY VIRGIN WHO REALLY WASN’T
CHAPTER FOURTEEN ROCK FIRES HENRY WILLSON AND PROPOSES MARRIAGE TO MARILYN MAXWELL
CHAPTER FIFTEEN ROCK BIDS ADIEU TO UNIVERSAL AND MEETS A HANDSOME STOCKBROKER WHO BECOMES “THE LOVE OF MY LIFE”
CHAPTER SIXTEEN ROCK FEUDS WITH MARY POPPINS (DARLING LILI), THEN HOSTS THE LAST GREAT HOLLYWOOD PARTY
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN IN PARIS, ROCK SEDUCES THE FORMER QUEEN OF IRAN AS RUMORS FLY IN HOLLYWOOD THAT HE’S MARRYING JIM NABORS
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN HOW TELEVISION (THE LITTLE BLACK BOX) RESCUED ROCK’S CAREER, INTRODUCED HIM TO MILLIONS OF NEW FANS, AND MADE HIM RICH
CHAPTER NINETEEN A MIDDLE-AGED ROCK AT FIFTY LOOKS FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES
CHAPTER TWENTY ROCK ENDURES A QUINTUPLE BYPASS HEART SURGERY & BRAVELY CONFRONTS THE LAST SUNSET OF A FABLED CAREER
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE ROCK’S AIDS SHOCKS THE WORLD. WIDELY BROADCAST, THE SYNDROME AND ITS STIGMA DESTROYS HIS CAREFULLY CULTIVATED IMAGE
RECORDING THE VOICES (AUTHORS’ BIOS)