From Sawdust to Stardust: The Biography of DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy

"In the forty-year history of Star Trek(R), none of the television show's actors are more beloved than DeForest Kelley. His portrayal of Leonard ""Bones"" McCoy, the southern physician aboard the Starship Enterprise(TM), brought an unaffected humanity to the groundbreaking space frontier series. Jackson DeForest Kelley came of age in Depression-era Georgia. He was raised on the sawdust trail, a preacher's kid steeped in his father's literal faith and judgment. But De's natural artistic gifts called him to a different way, and a visit to California at seventeen showed a bright new world. Theater and radio defined his early career -- but it was a World War II training film he made while serving in the Army Air Corps that led to his first Paramount Studios contract. After years of struggle, his lean, weathered look became well known in notable westerns and television programs such as You Are There and Bonanza. But his work on several pilots for writer-producer Gene Roddenberry changed his destiny and the course of cultural history. This thoroughly researched actor's life is about hard work and luck, loyalty and love. It is a journey that takes us all...from sawdust to stardust. "

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Title of ebook: From Sawdust to Stardust: The Biography of DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy
ISBN: 9781416500049
parent-ISBN: 9780743457620
Publisher: Star Trek
Published: 02-2005
Released online for download: 02-01-2005
Author of eBook: Rioux, Terry , Lee

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From Sawdust to Stardust

The Biography of DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy

Chapter I: The Preacher's Son

"It was a hard row to hoe, to be perfect."
DeForest Kelley, 1992

Reverend Ernest David Kelley began his ministry to the congregation of Conyers, Georgia, on January 12, 1930. At first meeting, the new shepherd made a mild impression, fine-boned with smooth skin, spectacles, and a bald head. By surface appearances, he was a timid man, but his quick, sharp eyes and the fire of his sermons revealed that he was not. His greatest gifts were the content of his sermons and the strength of his presence in the pulpit. His own soul knew the bitter taste of daily trials, and so he was a genuine witness in his mission to frail humanity. His was a constant litany, crying out about the perfect soul-gathering rescue of Jesus Christ and the joys to be found in him.

Reverend Kelley could speak directly to the souls of these Georgia people. His heritage was close to that of his congregants. The Kelley family origins were proud, Irish, and Southern. From Virginia in the 1750s, the Kelleys found their way in ... read full excerpt from: From Sawdust to Stardust: The Biography of DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy ebook

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