Letitia Fairbanks Knihy

"Few people have been so important and influential in Hollywood history than Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., and who better than Douglas' niece and family historian Letitia, to relate that story. Rising from a variety of challenges, his extraordinary successes include the dream of all creative people: running their own show. This he did in spectacular fashion founding United Artists in 1919, along with his soon-to-be wife Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin and D.W. Griffith"-- Provided by publisher

In 1805 the young Lord Byron, a new undergraduate at Cambridge University, was annoyed to find that he was not allowed to keep a dog in his rooms. So he bought a bear instead. This fascinating historical novel gives the further adventures of Lord Byron's Bear.