Tales of a Rascal: What I Did for Love, by Robert Blake

Tales of a Rascal: What I Did for Love, by Robert Blake. 2011 first edition hardcover. 220 pages, very nice condition.

The self-published memoir of actor Robert Blake's about his years in Hollywood. Blake began his career in the 1930s and became a famous as a child actor, with his lead role in the final years of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-era of the Our Gang (Little Rascals) short film series from 1939 to 1944. He was best known for starring in the 1967 film In Cold Blood, playing the title role in the late 1970s television series Baretta, and playing the Mystery Man in the 1997 film Lost Highway. Blake was arrested in 2002 for the 2001 murder of his second wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. Blake was acquitted of the murder in criminal court in 2005, though he was found liable in a civil court for her wrongful death.