American Rhapsody
Writers, Musicians, Movie Stars, and One Great Building
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"Incisive biographical profiles of some of the most iconic American artists and creations of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction -- Cries and Whispers: Edith Wharton -- For Love and Money: F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Behind the Mask: Bert Williams and Stepin Fetchit -- Jazzbo: George Gershwin -- The Silver Spire: The Chrysler Building -- Tough Guy: Dashiell Hammett -- The Collector: Peggy Guggenheim -- Born For The Part: Katharine Hepburn -- The Player Kings: Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier -- Method Man: Marlon Brando -- Another Country: James Baldwin -- A Raised Voice: Nina Simone.
Subjects:
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Performing arts -- 20th century -- Biography.
Popular culture -- United States -- 20th century.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Performing arts -- 20th century -- Biography.
Popular culture -- United States -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780374104405
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures American Pie | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
The majority of essays were previously published in The New Yorker.
Includes index.
Includes index.