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HENRY DARROW, (su nombre de pila Enrique Tomás Delgado) catapultado al estrellato internacional como el galán y complejo personaje de Manolito Montoya en la serie de televisión El Gran Chaparral (1967-1971). Considerado el primer actor de ascendencia puertorriqueño de ser estrella de un serie de drama. "Henry triunfó, cuando, si eras latino, no podrías ser solamente bueno, debías ser mucho más que bueno y ese es Henry", dice el connotado escritor Rick Najera. En la cima de su carrera, Darrow dio cabida a nuevos talentos hispanos. Continuó cautivando y marcando la pauta por más de 50 años como actor, siendo considerado en las series de PBS como uno de los "Pioneros de la Televisión". Esta obra es todo un regalo para quienes deseen conocer de cerca al inspirador, determinado y cariñoso actor ganador del premio Emmy de la televisión.

HENRY DARROW, (su nombre de pila Enrique Tomás Delgado) catapultado al estrellato internacional como el galán y complejo personaje de Manolito Montoya en la serie de televisión El Gran Chaparral (1967-1971). Considerado el primer actor de ascendencia puertorriqueño de ser estrella de un serie de drama. "Henry triunfó, cuando, si eras latino, no podrías ser solamente bueno, debías ser mucho más que bueno y ese es Henry", dice el connotado escritor Rick Najera. En la cima de su carrera, Darrow dio cabida a nuevos talentos hispanos. Continuó cautivando y marcando la pauta por más de 50 años como actor, siendo considerado en las series de PBS como uno de los "Pioneros de la Televisión". Esta obra es todo un regalo para quienes deseen conocer de cerca al inspirador, determinado y cariñoso actor ganador del premio Emmy de la televisión.

Henry Darrow (born Enrique Tomás Delgado) catapulted to international stardom in 1967 as sexy, complex "Manolito Montoya" in the western The High Chaparral. He was the first actor of Puerto Rican heritage to star in a television series. "Henry survived and had a career when if you were Latino, you couldn't be just good, you had to be beyond great and that's Henry," says noted writer/entertainer Rick Najera. At the height of his fame Darrow put his career on the line to open doors for other Hispanics. He has continued to break ground for over fifty years as a working actor and was recently featured on the PBS series Pioneers of Television. LIGHTNING IN THE BOTTLE is the must-read portrait of this inspirational, fiercely determined, endearing and enduring Emmy-winning performer.

This is the HARDBACK version. Henry Darrow (born EnriqueTomás Delgado) overcame life-threatening illness, crippling anxiety and prejudice to become internationally famous as sexy, complex "Manolito Montoya" in the western The High Chaparral (1967-1971). He was the first actor of Puerto Rican heritage to star in a television series. "Henry survived and had a career when if you were Latino, you couldn't be just good, you had to be beyond great and that's Henry," says noted writer/entertainer Rick Najera. At the height of his fame Darrow put his hard-won career on the line to open doors for other Hispanics. In spite of personal heartache and professional roadblocks, he has continued to break ground for over fifty years as a working actor. He was the first Hispanic to portray Zorro, the first Hispanic to win a Daytime Emmy for Best Supporting Actor and in 2012 he received the prestigious ALMA award for Lifetime Achievement from the National Council of La Raza (NCLR). Wild West News Book of the Year 2012, winner of the 2013 LuckyCinda Publishing Non-Fiction Grand Prize and a 2014 Reader's Favorite Awards finalist, HENRY DARROW: LIGHTNING IN THE BOTTLE is a must-read slice of Hollywood history and portrait of an inspirational, fiercely determined, endearing and enduring performer.