From dealing blackjack in the small-time gangster town of Steubenville, Ohio, to carousing with the famous Rat Pack in a Hollywood he called home, Dean Martin lived in a grandstand, guttering life of booze, broads, and big money.
It\'s a wild, illuminating, sometimes shocking tale of sex, ambition, heartaches--and a life lived hard, fast, and without apologies..
Now Nick Tosches reveals the man behind the image--the dark side of the American dream.
But no one really knew him.
He was one of America\'s favorite entertainers.
He rubbed shoulders with the mob, the Kennedys, and Hollywood\'s biggest stars.
From dealing blackjack in the small-time gangster town of Steubenville, Ohio, to carousing with the famous Rat Pack in a Hollywood he called home, Dean Martin lived in a grandstand, guttering life of booze, broads, and big money
