Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin' » (Reprint)

Author and Esquire senior writer Bill Zehme initiated a series of surprising exchanges with Frank Sinatra to learn exactly what the Leader knew and wished to pass on to others. In the resulting, widely celebrated 1996 Esquire profile of Sinatra, "And Then There Was One," Zehme wrote, "Men had gone soft and needed help, needed a Leader, needed Frank Sinatra. I wanted to ask him essential questions, the kind that could save a guy's life. I wanted what might approximate Frank's rules of order. He took the clarion call.... " And that was the starting point for perhaps the most comprehensive access to the world of Sinatra.

Written with Frank Sinatra's cooperation, this biography of the singer is replete with stories and photos.

Library Journal

Narrator Brian Emerson reads this celebrity profile in a well-phrased pleasant voice, with limited emotion. This is not a formal biography of superstar powerbroker Frank Sinatra, who died in May at the age of 82. We learn his likes, dislikes, and behavior as singer, actor, and head of Hollywood's "Rat Pack." Missing are things like rumors of Mafia connections or reprisals against enemies like ex-son-in-law Tommy Sands. Friends, relatives, and Sinatra himself provided info. This man of talent was fascinating, if flawed. He craved to be the best and own the best, was generous to friends and relatives, and hated journalists who wrote unsympathetically about his public brawls and affairs with women. Although far from complete, this study provides a good deal. Recommended for popular biography collections.--Gordon Blackwell, Eastchester, NY