Hero Stories
Curated by Jim Beaver
About the Curator
Jim Beaver is an actor, playwright, and film historian. Best known as Ellsworth on HBO’s Emmy-award winning series “Deadwood” and as Bobby Singer on “Supernatural,” he has also starred in such series as “B Positive,” “The Boys,” “Harper’s Island,” “Justified,” “Breaking Bad,” and “Thunder Alley” and appeared in nearly forty motion pictures. He lives with his wife Sarah Spiegel in Los Angeles.
About the Folio
I had a life-changing experience in my 7th Grade English class. We had to write book reports about classic novels and present them in front of the class. I was bubbling over with excitement about these books with heroes like Tarzan and Sherlock Holmes, desperately trying to convince my friends to read them. As a kid, I thought it would be great to have a job reading all the time. I ended up becoming an actor, playwright, and film historian, but I managed to read 36 books last year. If I could read faster, I’d read twice as many. I still love stories about heroes, but to me, the word “hero” has more to do with being true to oneself and living life to the fullest.Book selections
The Lady in the Lake
