Jayne Mansfield Book Review - American Legends: The Life of Jayne Mansfield

You might remember our previous post about the new book American Legends: The Life of Jayne Mansfield, well I have received my copy today and quickly read it so I thought I should do a review of it. It actually was not as bad as I thought it would be. For a quick recap of Jayne's bio I think it was actually written quite well. For someone who doesn't have any books on Jayne and was perhaps writing an essay or report on her for school than this book would be great for them. In comparison to the other mini bio book on Jayne, Diamonds to Dust, this one is far superior. There is of course nothing new inside the book, which did not come as a surprise to me. As for facts, there are some mistakes and false tales printed but of course they have been sourced from previous tall tales told, like her association with JFK and Anton La Vey for example. But put that aside and the rest isn't so bad. The worst part about the book is it's cover. The cover is terrible, they have chosen a very low quality image for the cover and have squished it to fit. It looks awful. Given that the book only costs $6, I would say that it is worth every penny and it wouldn't hurt to add this thin book to your collection.