Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words

by Michael Owen

The Pulitzer Prize-winning American lyricist Ira Gershwin (1896-1983) has been hailed as one of the masters of the Great American Songbook--songs written largely for Broadway and Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1950s. Now, in the first full-length biography devoted to his life, Ira Gershwin steps out at last from the long shadow cast by his younger and more famous brother George.

It's a life with a sharp dividing line; we witness Ira's transformation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324091819
• ISBN13: 9781324091813
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 400 Pages