As Thousands Cheer by Laurence Bergreen
A biography of Irving Berlin, together with a social history of American entertainment. The book details Berlin's roots as a Jew born in Russia, and his escape from the ghetto. He became a singing waiter and started to compose but was never able to read music.
Laurence Bergreen is the author of several award-winning biographies, including those of Louis Armstrong, Al Capone, Irving Berlin, and James Agee. He has written for many national publications including Esquire and Newsweek, taught at the New School for Social Research, and served as Assistant to the President of the Museum of Television and Radio in New York. Bergreen has also served as a nonfiction judge for the National Book Awards and as a judge for the PEN/Albrand Nonfiction Award. Voyage to Mars is soon to be an NBC-TV television movie that will premier in spring 2002, and a weekly series that will debut in fall 2002. Bergreen lives in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340534861 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340534869 |
| Title | As Thousands Cheer |
| Author | Laurence Bergreen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton General Division |
| Year published | 1990-09-06 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
| Prizes | Winner of Ralph J. Gleason Award 1991, Winner of ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award 1991 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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