About the Author

Burt Boyar was a longtime friend and traveling companion of Sammy Davis, Jr. who met the performer as a Broadway columnist in the 1950s. He and his late wife, Jane Boyar, collaborated with Davis on both of his memoirs: Yes I Can, published in 1965, and Why Me?, published in 1989. Boyar is currently working on a documentary about Davis called Sammy Speaks

Reviews

"Beautiful archival snapshots . . . As an entertainer and photographer, Davis was able to enter into many worlds." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)