In this #1 New York Times bestseller Michael Jackson tells the story of his life in his
words. In this intimate and often moving personal account of Michael Jackson's public and
private life he recalls a childhood that was both harsh and joyful but always formidable.
Michael and his brothers played amateur music shows and seamy Chicago strip joints until
Motown's corporate image makers turned the Jackson 5 into worldwide superstars. He talks about
the happy prankster days of his youth traveling with his brothers and of his sometimes
difficult relationships with his family over the years. He speaks candidly about the
inspiration behind his music his mesmerizing dance moves and the compulsive drive to create
that has made him one of the biggest stars in the music business and a legend in his own time.
Jackson also shares his personal feelings about some of his most public friends…friends like
Diana Ross Berry Gordy Quincy Jones Paul McCartney Fred Astaire Marlon Brando and
Katharine Hepburn. He talks openly about the crushing isolation of his fame of his first love
of his plastic surgery and of his wholly exceptional career and the often bizarre and unfair
rumors that have surrounded it. Illustrated with rare photographs from Jackson family albums
and Michael's personal photographic archives as well as a drawing done by Michael exclusively
for this book Moonwalk is a memorable journey to the very heart and soul of a modern musical
genius.
