The Astaires: Fred & Adele

by Kathleen Riley

Book Overview

Before "Fred and Ginger," there was "Fred and Adele," a show-business partnership and cultural sensation like no other. In our celebrity-saturated era, it's hard to comprehend what a genuine phenomenon these two siblings from Omaha were. At the height of their success in the mid-1920s, the Astaires seemed to define the Jazz Age. They were Gershwin's music in motion, a fascinating pair who wove spellbinding rhythms in song and dance.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199738416
• ISBN13: 9780199738410
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.2" x 6.4"