Full name: Legend: The Life and Death of Marilyn Monroe

Author: Fred Lawrence Guiles Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780812885255 0812885252

Mid 3. Detailed and informative, this biography charts Monroe's tragic story and provides great insights from her beginnings as Norma Jean. Yet, at times this is too traditional a biography in its structure and doesn't really capture the screen icon and sex symbol's allure.