When John and Bob Chinn travelled to the beautiful tropical Hawaiian island of Kauai in 1980 for a working vacation, they filmed scenes for two films: Prisoner of Paradise (1980) and Waikiki Wadd, a Hawaiian inspired Johnny Wadd adventure that was never completed.  Chinn has said that John immediately fell in love with the charm of the island and its tranquil calm as he had not visited Kauai before.  Bob had spent many of his childhood years on Kauai and felt it would be an optimum locale for some R&R after he and John finished filming two movies back to back in San Francisco.  Chinn noted that during their two week vacation, John became disinterested in cocaine and instead, revelled in the work by taking care of the production details and cutting paths in the thicket with his machete.  John had also enjoyed his lazy social time on the island and met up with some German tourists.  While standing together on the beach watching the sunset one evening, John told Bob that if he ever disappeared, he could be found on the island of Kauai.  In 2007, Bob revisited the same beach where he and John had walked, and remarked about it during his closing reflective comments in A Life Measured in Inches in the final chapter Remembering John.  “I did manage to go to that beach where John and I had stood those many years ago.  It was twilight and against the beautiful Kauai sunset, I recalled those past times and I thought, ‘Well John, I’m here — so where are you?’  As I turned to leave, a gust of wind blew unexpectedly, sending a sudden chill up my spine, but the breeze slowly died down and everything was quiet again, except the sound of the waves breaking in the distance before they rolled in and washed up on the shore.” – Bob Chinn 

Kauai is known to hold great spiritual power and is a place of enlightenment.  The native Hawaiians believe that certain points on the beach: the Anahola and the Polihale, are symbolic portals for birth, and for departure.  Perhaps Chinn did indeed sense John’s restless spirit stir that day in 2007 while he stood listening to the reasonating sound of the tides.  ~ RIP John

Authors Jennifer Sugar and Jill C. Nelson are pleased to announce that John Holmes: A Life Measured in Inches has been published by BearManor Media as a kindle e-reader book on June 10, 2010.  The kindle version of “Inches” is immediately available at Amazon.com for $9.95.  Please visit this link for purchasing information and free chapter samples:  Inches on Kindle 

Note:  The audio format of John Holmes: A Life Measured in Inches will be available later this year.

Authors, Jennifer Sugar and Jill C. Nelson would like to welcome everyone to their new official website for John Holmes: A Life Measured in Inches.  Please feel free to navigate the site to read biography excerpts, about the authors, critic reviews, press articles, about John Holmes and much more.  Be sure to peruse the three photo galleries, complete with slide show options for better viewing.  Additional photos are interspersed throughout the pages of the site.  Clicking on the links to posts that appear on the home page will connect visitors to older posts.  Respectful comments and/or questions under all categories, where applicable, are appreciated.  Website updates will be made regularly.

John Holmes: A Life Measured is available for purchase at this location, in addition to all major online book retailers.  Signed copies will be available upon request.  For members of the public and/or media interested in contacting the authors, please address all questions to: info@johnholmesinches.com  

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 ”Sugar and Nelson have researched their subject considerably and it is evident on every page. John Holmes: A Life Measured in Inches is the distinctive Holmes biography.” — Robert Cettl. Read More Testimonials

Most people might, understandably, predict that the world’s first porn star was a woman, but they would be wrong.

John Curtis Holmes was just a simple country boy from Ohio when he moved to California in 1964.  It was the infancy of hardcore, so in Holmes’ wildest dreams, he could not have predicted the turbulent ride on which he had embarked by publicizing his private parts.

With the fame he achieved by playing his most famous character – a gun toting detective named Johnny Wadd – came money.  Holmes was pleased to spend it on his wife and mistresses, but soon was in over his head after he became addicted to cocaine.  Unfortunately for Holmes, in the years that followed, his addiction led him into several desperate choices – including setting up a robbery at the home of Ed Nash, a powerful L.A. nightclub owner.  The robbery resulted in one of the most gruesome, unsolved, multiple-murders in Hollywood history.  Amazingly, before his untimely death in 1988, John Holmes regained his momentum, remarried and rebuilt his life and career.  However, the grave consequences of his addiction, his association with the Wonderland murders, and his AIDS-related death made him an infamous figure in pop culture.

Digging past the stigmas, John Holmes: A Life Measured in Inches – the first biography about John C. Holmes – unearths the human being behind the penis and proves that there was more to him than could be measured in inches.  This biography includes material from the authors’ new interviews with: Laurie Holmes, Bill Amerson, Bob Chinn, Julia St. Vincent, Detective Tom Lange, Detective Frank Tomlinson, Paul Thomas, Ron Jeremy, Seka, Marilyn Chambers, Candida Royalle, Rhonda Jo Petty, Dr. Sharon Mitchell, Bill Margold, and many others!  Also included is additional source material containing extensive  interviews with:  Sharon Holmes, Dawn Schiller, Dr. Vonda Pelto, Ph. D., and L.A. Times film critic, Kenneth Turan.

John Holmes: A Life Measured in Inches encompasses 114 reviews of John’s most notable feature films, 86 loops synopses, 3 photos sections with rare nudes, and a comprehensive filmography.

“The tree of life represents the roots of man.  The branches are the different directions a man can take, live or exist.  When you’re dead, those that you leave behind will put you in a part of that tree.  It represents what was, what is and what will be.  It’s eternal.” — John Holmes

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