The Eddie Cantor Story

The Eddie Cantor Story
Author: David Weinstein
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2018
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1512600482

A lively biography of the popular showman Eddie Cantor, with a focus on his involvement in Jewish culture and politics

Take My Life

Take My Life
Author: Eddie Cantor
Publisher: Garden City, New York : Doubleday
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1957
Genre: Actors
ISBN:

A retelling, with additional material for the years since 1928, of the popular vaudeville, radio and TV comedian's life previously chronicled in "My life is in your hands."

The Forgotten Network

The Forgotten Network
Author: David Weinstein
Publisher: Temple University Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781592134991

"The heart of David Weinstein's book examines DuMont's programs and personalities, including Dennis James, Captain Video, Morey Amsterdam, Jackie Gleason and The Honeymooners, Ernie Kovacs, and Rocky King, Detective. Weinstein uses rare kinescopes, archival photographs, exclusive interviews, trade journal articles, and corporate documents to tell the story of a "forgotten network" that helped invent the very business of network television."--Jacket.

The Days We Danced

The Days We Danced
Author: Doris Eaton Travis
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780806199504

Autobiography of a Ziegfeld Follies star, an copartner of Arthur Murray Dance Studios, a quarter horse ranch owner in Oklahoma, and at age 88, the recipient of a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma.

Been There, Done That

Been There, Done That
Author: Eddie Fisher
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2000-07-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780312975586

Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, and Connie Stevens take some jabs as the ex-wives of Eddie Fisher in his explosive autobiography, which "has more than its share of juicy gossip" ("The Washington Post Book World"). Events that have transpired since the bestselling hardcover edition are updated for this book in an Afterword by Fisher. 8 pages of color photos. Martin's Press.

Gracie

Gracie
Author:
Publisher: Liberty University Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2008
Genre: DVD collection
ISBN:

New Jersey 1978. 15 year old Gracie Bowen is still reeling from the death in a car accident of her brother Johnny, a star player on the high school soccer team. When Gracie defies nearly everyone's wishes by vowing to replace Johnny under the aegis of cantankerous Coach Colasanti, it irritates many including her parents and her best friend, Jena. Gracie persists and wins the hearts of her most strident detractors, surmounting one obstacle after another and racing toward certain victory.

World War II at Sea

World War II at Sea
Author: Craig L. Symonds
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 793
Release: 2018-04-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190243686

Author of Lincoln and His Admirals (winner of the Lincoln Prize), The Battle of Midway (Best Book of the Year, Military History Quarterly), and Operation Neptune, (winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature), Craig L. Symonds has established himself as one of the finest naval historians at work today. World War II at Sea represents his crowning achievement: a complete narrative of the naval war and all of its belligerents, on all of the world's oceans and seas, between 1939 and 1945. Opening with the 1930 London Conference, Symonds shows how any limitations on naval warfare would become irrelevant before the decade was up, as Europe erupted into conflict once more and its navies were brought to bear against each other. World War II at Sea offers a global perspective, focusing on the major engagements and personalities and revealing both their scale and their interconnection: the U-boat attack on Scapa Flow and the Battle of the Atlantic; the "miracle" evacuation from Dunkirk and the pitched battles for control of Norway fjords; Mussolini's Regia Marina-at the start of the war the fourth-largest navy in the world-and the dominance of the Kidö Butai and Japanese naval power in the Pacific; Pearl Harbor then Midway; the struggles of the Russian Navy and the scuttling of the French Fleet in Toulon in 1942; the landings in North Africa and then Normandy. Here as well are the notable naval leaders-FDR and Churchill, both self-proclaimed "Navy men," Karl Dönitz, François Darlan, Ernest King, Isoroku Yamamoto, Erich Raeder, Inigo Campioni, Louis Mountbatten, William Halsey, as well as the hundreds of thousands of seamen and officers of all nationalities whose live were imperiled and lost during the greatest naval conflicts in history, from small-scale assaults and amphibious operations to the largest armadas ever assembled. Many have argued that World War II was dominated by naval operations; few have shown and how and why this was the case. Symonds combines precision with story-telling verve, expertly illuminating not only the mechanics of large-scale warfare on (and below) the sea but offering wisdom into the nature of the war itself.

Winchell and Runyon

Winchell and Runyon
Author: Trustin Howard
Publisher: Hamilton Books
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2010-07-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0761851313

This book is about the bond between two legendary journalists, Walter Winchell and Damon Runyon, during the unforgettable era of World War II and the years following. Winchell was a popular radio personality and Runyon was a popular Broadway personality, best known for having written the show 'Guys and Dolls.'

Caught Short!

Caught Short!
Author: Eddie Cantor
Publisher: Musson Book Company
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1929
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

American comedian and entertainer Eddie Cantor relates his humorous take on the Stock Market Crash of 1929.