American dreamer: my story of survival, adventure, and success

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Prologue: Bursting onto the scene -- Hungarian rhapsody -- And the white horse you rode in on -- Curtains -- Ginger Rogers and fingernail clippers -- Free at last! (but no free lunch) -- Going stag. Going rogue. Going fishing -- From the bottom of my heart by the seat of my pants -- Will the real Robert Halmi please stand up? -- Just say yes to everything (except to your kids) -- It's like World War Two every day.;This autobiography of one of history's most revered television producers, the recently deceased Robert Halmi, traces a dreamer's path from Nazi resistance to America, where he became a photographer for Life and Sports Illustrated before earning over 400 Emmy nominations for his movies and miniseries. His story features a Who's Who of Hollywood. Prologue: Bursting onto the scene -- Hungarian rhapsody -- And the white horse you rode in on -- Curtains -- Ginger Rogers and fingernail clippers -- Free at last! (but no free lunch) -- Going stag. Going rogue. Going fishing -- From the bottom of my heart by the seat of my pants -- Will the real Robert Halmi please stand up? -- Just say yes to everything (except to your kids) -- It's like World War Two every day.