CHARTING DEAN

Selections from the index of Nick Tosches’ Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams (a biography about Dean Martin)

Martin, Dean

love life of
in Cleveland, 86
philandering, 100,150,171-175,197-198,256,259,391-394
in Steubenville, 67-69

personal characteristics of
big tips, 424
charisma, 77, 410
comic awareness, 121
drawl, 309
emotional distance, 51, 54-55, 105, 121, 186, 205-6, 226,
256-8, 334, 351, 411
fear of elevators, 157
fighting, 44-45, 375-6
f**k it all, 51-52, 93, 106-8, 142, 146, 174, 281, 282, 374,
386, 405
life thought to be a racket, 21
love of comic books, 258
love of cowboy movies, 257, 258, 356
menefreghismo , 51-52, 107, 146, 174, 205, 247, 315-6, 328,
409
never good with money, 101
never show weakness or cry, 19, 311
said his prayers every night, 386
uneducated, 198
withdrawal from world, 386, 391-92, 403-4

Thanks to Big Mark for putting me on to this one