Overweight Sensation (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life)

Mark Cohen

ISBN 10: 1611682568 / ISBN 13: 9781611682564

Edité par Brandeis University Press, Waltham, MA, 2013

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First edition first printing, 2013, number line starts with 1. Signed and inscribed by Author on the half-title page dated 8/8/2013. Hardcover with DJ. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, no edgewear. DJ new, bright and shiny, no tears no chips no edgewear, Not clipped. 8vo, XII + 353 pages, notes, bibliography, index. No markings of any kind, no names no underlinings no highlights no bent pages.Not a reminder. N° de réf. du libraire 009647

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Titre : Overweight Sensation (Brandeis Series in ...

Éditeur : Brandeis University Press, Waltham, MA

Date d'édition : 2013

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat du livre :New

Etat de la jaquette : New

Signé : Signed by Author(s)

Edition : 1st Edition

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Overweight Sensation A groundbreaking biography of the song parodist and Jewish humorist Full description

Présentation de l'éditeur:

Allan Sherman was the Larry David, the Adam Sandler, the Sacha Baron Cohen of 1963. He led Jewish humor and sensibilities out of ethnic enclaves and into the American mainstream with explosively funny parodies of classic songs that won Sherman extraordinary success and acclaim across the board, from Harpo Marx to President Kennedy. In Overweight Sensation, Mark Cohen argues persuasively for Sherman's legacy as a touchstone of postwar humor and a turning point in Jewish American cultural history. With exclusive access to Allan Sherman's estate, Cohen has written the first biography of the manic, bacchanalian, and hugely creative artist who sold three million albums in just twelve months, yet died in obscurity a decade later at the age of forty-nine. Comprehensive, dramatic, stylish, and tragic, Overweight Sensation is destined to become the definitive Sherman biography.