| Record ID | marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part42.utf8:87100441:1956 |
| Source | Library of Congress |
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008 150918s2016 nyu 001 0ceng
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020 $a9780374104405 (hardback)
020 $z9780374708771 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aPS129$b.P53 2016
082 00 $a810.9/005$aB$223
084 $aLCO002000$aHIS049000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aPierpont, Claudia Roth.
240 10 $aEssays.$kSelections
245 10 $aAmerican rhapsody :$bwriters, musicians, millionaires, movie stars, and one great building /$cClaudia Roth Pierpont.
263 $a1605
264 1 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2016.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aThe majority of essays were previously published in The New Yorker.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"Incisive biographical profiles of some of the most iconic American artists and creations of the twentieth century"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography.
650 0 $aPerforming arts$y20th century$vBiography.
650 0 $aPopular culture$zUnited States$y20th century.
650 7 $aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Essays.$2bisacsh
730 0 $aNew Yorker.