| Description |
1 online resource |
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Putting down roots in the goldeneh medina -- Heading South -- A new life and a new cause in Dixie -- Brown, flames, and fame -- Scandal and resurrection -- Ghosts and great men -- Grief, hope, and black power -- The real iron curtain -- Epilogue: Only in America |
| Summary |
"This first comprehensive biography of Jewish American writer and humorist Harry Golden (1902-1981), author of the 1958 national best-seller 'Only in America', illuminates a remarkable life intertwined with the rise of the civil rights movement, Jewish popular culture, and the sometimes precarious position of Jews in the South and across America during the 1950s"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Golden, Harry, 1902-1981.
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| SUBJECT |
Golden, Harry, 1902-1981
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Golden, Harry, 1902-1981 fast |
| Subject |
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography
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Jewish journalists -- United States -- Biography
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Civil rights workers
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Jewish journalists
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781469623214 |
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1469623218 |
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9781469621043 |
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1469621037 |
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9781469621036 |
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1469621045 |
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