WANDERER : An Autobiography

by Sterling Hayden

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1963

About the author

Sterling Hayden was an American actor and author. For most of his career as a leading man, he specialized in westerns and film noir, such as Johnny Guitar, The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing. Later on he became noted as a character actor for such roles as Gen. Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). He also played the Irish-American policeman, Captain McCluskey, in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather in 1972, and the novelist Roger Wade in 1973's The Long Goodbye.

Reviews

[Gary Duckworth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. I thought it was awesome. Such a great “voice” in the prose. Read the book due to the track Sterling Hayden by Tom Russell. Glad to come by the song and find out about Sterling Hayden as a result. Darn fine read. Buttered rum…I’ve still not had that tho’…but I will.