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A dog barks. &8220Wha&8217sthat, girl Timmy&8217sin the well&8221Whenever people hear this catchphrase, they know it&8217sabout Timmy and Lassie, the world&8217sfavorite boy-and-his-dog team.Timmy&8217sin the Well is the story of Jon Provost, television&8217sfirst child superstar, and the lowdown on Lassie, one of television&8217smost enduring shows. It is filled with celebrity anecdotes, rare photos, and memorabilia.Timmy&8217sin the Well illustrates what happens to a middle-class American family touched by fame. Jon&8217sfirst job came at age three, forever altering the course of his life and the lives of his family. With nearly a dozen film appearances in a mere five years, Provost was named the top child movie actor of 1958 by the New York Film Critics. Yet he could barely read, hardly knew his siblings, and had few friends under the age of 35.Jon Provost&8217sstory includes a vivid portrait of the inner workings of Hollywood of the 1950s and '60s, and it is populated with some of the biggest names of the day: Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Kim Novak, Lucille Ball, Anita Eckberg, Rod Steiger, William Holden, June Lockhart, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Sidney Pollack, Kurt Russell, Elvis, Nancy Sinatra, Dino Martin, David Cassidy, Davy Jones, and Mr. Ed.At the age of twenty and on the verge of being swallowed up by Hollywood, Provost escaped to Northern California, only to learn that a &8220noral&8221life was not possible. Unprepared to make a living, he was gripped by depression and fell into a well that was deeper and darker than any he&8217dever faced. But he found his way out of that well&8212onhis own and without the dog.