My Friend Michael: An Ordinary Friendship with an Extraordinary Man

by Frank Cascio

Overview

Frank Cascio was a close friend of tragic superstar Michael Jackson for more than twenty-five years. In My Friend Michael, Cascio offers a deeply personal, behind-the-scenes look at the Michael Jackson he knew. Filled with never-before-told stories and intimate details, My Friend Michael is the most candid, moving, and provocative portrait of the “King of Pop” to date—a fair and loving portrait of a true American pop music icon and of a remarkable friendship that endured through triumph and struggle, scandal and controversy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062090065
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/15/2011
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	754,912
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Frank Cascio is an entrepreneur whose expertise ranges from business finance to music entertainment. His friendship with Michael Jackson began in 1984, when Frank was just a few years old. At the age of eighteen Frank was hired by Jackson to be his personal assistant, eventually being promoted to personal manager. Cascio was a producer of The Michael Jackson Interview: The Footage You Were Never Meant to See as well as the creative consultant and one of the producers of Michael Jackson’s Private Home Movies, which aired on Fox in 2003. Cascio divides his time between New York City and Europe, specifically Germany and Italy, two other places he calls home.

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

Part 1 The Applehead Club

1 A new friend 11

2 The ranch 22

3 Good-bye Normal 40

4 Extraordinary world 51

5 The toll 62

6 Two Worlds 69

7 Making history 81

8 Mind maps 90

9 A New Father 106

Part 2 Frank Tyson And Mr. Jackson

10 Stepping Up 121

11 New Shoes 133

12 Life at neyeeland 150

13 100 Songs 164

14 Helpless 170

15 The unexpected 181

16 Hitting bottom 188

17 Yhe show goes on 208

18 Interlude 223

Part Three Michael Me

19 Method To My Madness 241

20 Misunderstood 258

21 False Charges 275

22 Justice 290

23 Reconcilation 301

24 The Unthinkable 310

Epilogue 322

Acknowledgments 327

Editorial Reviews

Cascio was only five years old when he met Michael Jackson, who became a sort of surrogate big brother. At 18, he became Jackson's assistant; later, he graduated to manager. Always, he considered himself a friend. So his book should offer an intimate view of the real Michael Jackson, and, indeed, revelations are promised. As a result, there's a one-day laydown on 11/15/11. A 75,000-copy first printing.

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