Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire

Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire

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  • Author:Liz Brown
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Summary

The unbelievable true story of Harrison Post--the enigmatic lover of one of the richest men in 1920s Hollywood--and the battle for a family fortune。

In the booming 1920s, William Andrews Clark Jr。 was one of the richest, most respected men in Los Angeles。 The son of the mining tycoon known as The Copper King of Montana, Clark had launched the LA Philharmonic and helped establish the Hollywood Bowl。 He was also a man with secrets, including a lover named Harrison Post。 A former salesclerk, Post enjoyed a lavish existence among Hollywood elites, but the men's money--and their homosexuality--also made them targets, for the district attorney, their own employees and, in Post's case, his own family。 When Clark died suddenly, Post inherited a substantial fortune--and a wealth of trouble。 In a story that transports readers from the glamour of Prohibition-era Hollywood to Nazi prison camps to Mexico City nightclubs, Twilight Man tells the story of an illicit love and the battle over a family estate that would destroy one man's life。

Harrison Post was forgotten for decades, but after a chance encounter with his portrait, Liz Brown, Clark's great-grandniece, set out to learn his story。 Twilight Man is more than just a biography。 It is an exploration of how families shape their own legacies, and the lengths they will go to in order to do so。

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Kathleen Gray

Secrets and lies pervade this biography of two men who met in 1920s Los Angeles- the wealthy and powerful Andrew Clark and Albert Harrison, who transformed himself into Harrison Post when he became Clark's secret lover。 Post eventually moved into Clark's home and, at his death, inherited a small fortune from him。 However, his life was so much more tragic than positive that it's amazing he lived as long aa he did。 Brown does a nice job tracing how the Clark family fortune was built and how the fa Secrets and lies pervade this biography of two men who met in 1920s Los Angeles- the wealthy and powerful Andrew Clark and Albert Harrison, who transformed himself into Harrison Post when he became Clark's secret lover。 Post eventually moved into Clark's home and, at his death, inherited a small fortune from him。 However, his life was so much more tragic than positive that it's amazing he lived as long aa he did。 Brown does a nice job tracing how the Clark family fortune was built and how the family did its best to wrest everything from Post。 Thanks to Edelweiss for the ARC。 Interesting read。 。。。more

willowdog

I'm fascinated with the serendipity of chance。 When Liz Brown finds a photograph of Harrison Post in her deceased grandmother's drawer, it leads her down an engrossing journey in discovering her family history and it's secret 'twilight' gay member, and this wonderful sidebar into the world of the fabulously wealthy Montana copper mining Clark family。This book is fascinating。 It shows what great archival research and purpose can discover about a seemingly forgotten man who lived on the fringes of I'm fascinated with the serendipity of chance。 When Liz Brown finds a photograph of Harrison Post in her deceased grandmother's drawer, it leads her down an engrossing journey in discovering her family history and it's secret 'twilight' gay member, and this wonderful sidebar into the world of the fabulously wealthy Montana copper mining Clark family。This book is fascinating。 It shows what great archival research and purpose can discover about a seemingly forgotten man who lived on the fringes of wealth as a 'copain' of Will Clark, Jr。 As background, the book traces the history of the Clark fortune and the powerful men that built it。 By using the journals, diaries, notebooks and scrapbooks provided by a family member and extensive research and interviews, Harrison Post, the man and his fascinating life come boldly into focus。 And a riveting life it is! The work throws light on the 'twilight' gay world of the 20's through 40's in California and beyond。This is a wonderful read。Thanks to Edelweiss/Above the Treeline for this free electronic copy in exchange for a unbiased review。 。。。more