Sammy Davis, Jr.: A Personal Journey with My Father

In 1972, Sammy Davis, Jr. crooned "The Candy Man," a pop song that won him the nickname "Mr. Show Business." With great affection, Davis's daughter, Tracey, captures her father's ups and downs, sharing a portrait of a consummate showman who'd been singing and dancing his ways into audience's hearts since he was three years old. After being diagnosed with throat cancer in 1989, Davis learns he has only a short to live. Davis visits her father every day, and he regales her with stories of his youth, his marriage to Tracey's mother, Swedish actress May Britt, and his life with the Rat Pack. Davis recalls her father's mistreatment in the Army and racial prejudice he experienced in the 1950s and %E2%80%9860s despite being a well-recognized and top-paid performer. Of the Rat Pack, Davis learns: "The price of admission was talent, and most of all love and respect%E2%80%A6 before I was widely accepted by the world, I was accepted and loved by them." Her loving memoir is chock full of black and white photos. (May)