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020 $a9780300116953 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aGV1785.A83$bE68 2008
082 00 $a792.802/8092$aB$222
100 1 $aEpstein, Joseph,$d1937-
245 10 $aFred Astaire /$cJoseph Epstein.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$cc2008.
300 $axv, 198 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
490 1 $a[Icons of America]
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-191) and index.
505 00 $gAct 1.$tLike Kissing Your Sister -- $gAct 2.$tPeculiar Looking -- $gAct 3.$tMan Makes the Clothes -- $gAct 4.$tA Litvak Passes Through -- $gAct 5.$tCharmed, I'm Sure -- $gAct 6.$tThe Other Guy -- $gAct 7.$tWhat's It Their Business? -- $gAct 8.$tWho Needs a Partner? -- $gAct 9.$tChange Partners -- $gAct 10.$tMust You Dance, Every Dance -- $gAct 11.$tAnd I Trust, You'll Excuse My Dust -- $gAct 12.$tDancing on Radio.
520 1 $a"Joseph Epstein's Fred Astaire investigates the great dancer's magical talent, taking up the story of his life, his personality, his work habits, his modest pretensions, and above all his accomplishments. Written with the wit and grace the subject deserves, Fred Astaire provides a remarkable portrait of this extraordinary artist and how he came to embody for Americans a fantasy of easy elegance and, paradoxically, of democratic aristocracy." "Tracing Astaire's life from his birth in Omaha to his death in his late eighties in Hollywood, the book discusses his early days with his talented and outspoken sister Adele, his gifts as a singer (Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, and Jerome Kern all delighted in composing for Astaire), and his many movie dance partners, among them Cyd Charisse, Rita Hayworth, Eleanor Powell, and Betty Hutton."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aAstaire, Fred,$d1899-1987.
650 0 $aDancers$zUnited States$vBiography.
830 0 $aIcons of America.
852 00 $bglx$hGV1785.A83$iE68 2008