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Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman

By Mark Cohen

Book information

Publisher
Brandeis
Year
2013
ISBN
1611682568, 9781611682564
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3335676 bytes)
Series
Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life
Pages
320\385
Time added
2015-01-05 16:20:57

Description

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.

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