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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For the first time ever\u2014a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century\u2019s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson<\/p>\n

He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people got to know him only through the iconic characters born of his fertile imagination: Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Miss Piggy, Big Bird. The Muppets made Jim Henson a household name, but they were just part of his remarkable story.<\/p>\n

This extraordinary biography\u2014written with the generous cooperation of the Henson family\u2014covers the full arc of Henson\u2019s all-too-brief life: from his childhood in Leland, Mississippi, through the years of burgeoning fame in America, to the decade of international celebrity that preceded his untimely death at age fifty-three. Drawing on hundreds of hours of new interviews with Henson’s family, friends, and closest collaborators, as well as unprecedented access to private family and company archives, Brian Jay Jones explores the creation of the Muppets, Henson\u2019s contributions to Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live, and his nearly ten-year campaign to bring The Muppet Show to television. Jones provides the imaginative context for Henson\u2019s non-Muppet projects, including the richly imagined worlds of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth\u2014as well as fascinating misfires like Henson\u2019s dream of opening an inflatable psychedelic nightclub.<\/p>\n

An uncommonly intimate portrait, Jim Henson captures all the facets of this American original: the master craftsman who revolutionized the presentation of puppets on television, the savvy businessman whose dealmaking prowess won him a reputation as \u201cthe new Walt Disney,\u201d and the creative team leader whose collaborative ethos earned him the undying loyalty of everyone who worked for him. Here also is insight into Henson\u2019s intensely private personal life: his Christian Science upbringing, his love of fast cars and expensive art, and his weakness for women. Though an optimist by nature, Henson was haunted by the notion that he would not have time to do all the things he wanted to do in life\u2014a fear that his heartbreaking final hours would prove all too well founded.<\/p>\n

An up-close look at the charmed life of a legend, Jim Henson gives the full measure to a man whose joyful genius transcended age, language, geography, and culture\u2014and continues to beguile audiences worldwide.<\/p>\n

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGE<\/p>\n

\u201cJim Henson vibrantly delves into the magnificent man and his Muppet methods: It\u2019s an absolute must-read!\u201d\u2014Neil Patrick Harris <\/p>\n

\u201cAn exhaustive work that is never exhausting, a credit both to Jones\u2019s brisk style and to Henson\u2019s exceptional life.\u201d\u2014The New York Times<\/p>\n

\u201c[A] sweeping portrait that is a mix of humor, mirth and poignancy.\u201d\u2014Washington Independent Review of Books<\/p>\n

\u201cA meticulously researched tome chock-full of gems about the Muppets and the most thorough portrait of their creator ever crafted.\u201d\u2014Associated Press<\/p>\n

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