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The Biographies |
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In Search of River Phoenix: The Truth Behind the Myth by Barry C. Lawrence. Foreword by William Richert - This is by far the best researched biography on River. It also has a lot of rare photos.
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River Phoenix: Hero & Heartthrob by Grace Catalano – This was the only biography that was written before River's death. |
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River Phoenix: The Biography by John Glatt |
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Lost In Hollywood: The Fast Times and Short Life of River Phoenix by John Glatt |
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River Phoenix: A Short Life by Brian J. Robb |
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They Died Too Young: River Phoenix by Penny Stempel – Mini-book |
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They Died Too Young: River Phoenix by Penny Stempel – Larger version of Mini-book, but photos are fuzzy. |
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Running on Empty: The Life and Career of River Phoenix by John L. Barker |
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The River Phoenix Album by Penelope Dening |
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Japanese Photo Books |
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River Phoenix: Forever |
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Lonely Boy: River Phoenix |
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In Memory of River Phoenix 1970-1993 |
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River Phoenix |
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Keanu Reeves & 7 Rebels |
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River Phoenix, Ke Huy Quan, Corey Feldman, Cory Haim |
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River! |
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Legend of River Phoenix. Measures approximately 9 x 11 3/4 inches. |
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Cool. 8 pages of this book are devoted to River. Measures approximately 6 x 7 inches. |
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Photography Books |
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BRANDED YOUTH and other Stories by Bruce Weber – One very nice full page b&w photo of River. |
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108 PORTRAITS GUS VAN SANT – 1 B&W full page photo of River. |
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SO80S By PATRICK MCMULLAN—There are two large b&w photos of River in this book. |
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SHOOTING STARS: Contemporary Glamour Photography by Ricky Spears – One very nice full page b&w photo of River. |
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Starlet FIRST STAGE AT THE HOLLYWOOD DREAM FACTORY – Photographs by NANCY ELLISON – Two very nice b&w photos of River. One is full page. |
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TIMOTHY WHITE PORTRAITS - One very nice full page color photo of River. |
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Elements of Style by Phillip Bloch - One very nice full page color photo of River. |
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Books about Actors/Actresses that have died |
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The HOLLYWOOD BOOK OF DEATH – 4 pages with 1 small b&w photo of River from Little Nikita. |
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Dead Before Their Time by Diana Karanikas Harvey and Jackson Harvey—About 1 1/2 pages are dedicated to River’s death which includes 1 small color photo. |
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THEY DIED TOO YOUNG: THE BRIEF LIVES AND TRAGIC DEATHS OF THE MEGA-STAR LEGENDS OF OUR TIME – 4 pages with 1 full page color photo and 3 smaller photos. |
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Miscellaneous Books |
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FIRST FILMS—2 pages are devoted to River. | |
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PREMIERE FILM CUTS Classic Movie Writing – This was a free gift with the November 1994 issue of PREMIERE. It has a little over 11 pages of River interviewing Gus Van Sant. |
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GUS VAN SANT Even Cowgirls Get the Blues & My Own Private Idaho (Softback - 1993) – Has some small unusual b&w photos of River from the film/filming of My Own Private Idaho and a few small b&w photos of his sister Rain from Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. |
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MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO Gus Van Sant (Softback - 1993) - This book was later republished in the book above, with the part (text and photos) that applies to MOPI being the same. |
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PREGNANCY, CHILDREN, and the VEGAN DIET by Michael Klaper, M.D. – One almost full page fabulous b&w photo of each Phoenix child. |
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R.E.M: Inside Out by Craig Rosen – One very nice full page color photo of River. |
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Did He or Didn’t He? The Intimate Sex Lives of 201 Famous Men—There is one page devoted to River. |
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Young Hollywood by James Cameron-Wilson – 2 1/3 pages with 4 small b&w photos. One photo is from Jimmy Reardon, one is from Stand by Me, one is from I Love You to Death and the other is from My Own Private Idaho. |
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From ABFAB to ZEN: PAPER’S GUIDE TO POP CULTURE—1 full page b&w photo plus 1 paragraph write-up. |
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GUS VAN SANT: AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY by James Robert Rarish—River is mentioned quite a lot in this book. Rain and Joaquin are mentioned quite often as well. |
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The Rolling Stone Film Reader: The Best Film Writing From Rolling Stone Magazine From 1967 to 1996. Edited by Peter Travers - There are 2 1/2 pages devoted to River in this book. No pictures. |
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The Best of the Superstars 1994: The Year in Sex. Edited by John Patrick. - There are 10 1/3 pages devoted to River in this book, plus some b&w photos of him, which are mostly from My Own Private Idaho. |
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SCREEN WORLD 1987 FILM ANNUAL by John Willis - There is 1 page devoted to Stand By Me, 1 page devoted to The Mosquito Coast and 1 medium size b&w photo of River in the "Promising New Actors of 1986" section. |
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