Curly: An Illustrated Biography of the Superstooge is a biography of Three Stooges member Jerome (Curly) Howard written by his niece, Joan Howard Maurer. It recounts her own memories of her uncle, along with interviews with various living relatives that had memories of the rotund stooge.
One of the interviews is with Curly's youngest daughter Janie Hanky. Interviews with his first daughter and second wife are also included.
Michael Jackson wrote the foreword to the book.
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