Hill of Beans: A Novel of War and Celluloid

by Leslie Epstein

The film Casablanca opens with the words, With the coming of the Second World War, many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully, or desperately, toward the freedom of the Americas. Leslie Epstein's Hill of Beans is the story of how one nation, one industry, and in particular one man responded to that desperate hope. That man is Jack Warner. His impossible goal is to make world events--most importantly, the invasion of North Africa by British...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826362591
• ISBN13: 9780826362599
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: High Road Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"