A Pictorial History of the World War II Years
- 319 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Combines a basic history of World War II with more than four hundred captioned photographs, and features charts, maps, and a wealth of specific facts.
Edward Jablonski Book order (chronological)
January 1, 1923 – February 10, 2004
Edward Jablonski authored biographies of prominent American cultural figures, focusing on composers and lyricists, alongside works on aviation history. His deep fascination with aviation, heightened by his World War II service, led him to explore its role in warfare and technological advancement. A formative friendship with lyricist Ira Gershwin significantly influenced his early writing. Jablonski's extensive freelance career encompassed articles, music criticism, and album liner notes, with a final project aimed at chronicling the history of American popular music.
George Gershwin im Spiegel seiner Zeit
- 212 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Gershwin ist einer der wenigen Komponisten, dessen Musik sowohl von Liebhabern populärer als auch 'ernster' Musik geschätzt wird. Am bekanntesten für seine Musicals Lady, Be Good, Oh, Kay! und Girl Crazy, konnte er mit gleicher Überzeugung für den Konzertsaal und das Opernhaus schreiben. Ed Jablonski, ein Gershwin-Enthusiast, erstellt ein aufschlussreiches Porträt dieses legendären und doch schwer fassbaren Komponisten und verfolgt seinen Werdegang von Tin Pan Alley zu den glanzvollen Höhen Hollywoods, mit zeitgenössischen kritischen Reaktionen auf Klassiker wie Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris und Porgy and Bess. Gershwin wird unter anderem von Osbert Sitwell, Oscar Levant, Richard Rodgers, Serge Koussevitzky, Schönberg, Fred Astaire, Irving Berlin, Kay Swift, Jerome Kern, seiner Schwester Frances und seinem Bruder Ira Gershwin, seinem liebsten Mitarbeiter, in Erinnerung behalten.
Enriched with excerpts and insights from personal correspondence and interviews--plus lively anecdotes and rare, never-before-published photographs--this fascinating portrait brings us closer to the real persona of George Gershwin than ever before. 81 black-and-white photographs.
Amerika im Luftkrieg
- 176 pages
- 7 hours of reading
A pictorial history of the World War I years
- 316 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Text and photographs give some attention to the home front and to the high military commanders behind the lines but concentrate on the soldier on the front lines
Terror from the Sky
- 383 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Terror From The Sky is an account of the revolutionary tactics that aviation introduced in the early years of the the blitzkrieg with which Hitler's Stukas defeated most of Europe, and the terror-bombing with which the Luftwaffe attempted to beat Britain into submission. Yet it is also made up of fascinating personal stories of individual airmen and their war. The remarkable story of these critical struggles and courageous airmen is accompanied by over 200 action photographs - many never before published - which the author has gathered from official archives of the warring powers as well as from private collections and personal albums. Together narrative and photographs recreate the dramatic, moving, and often tragic opening round of the first truly world-wide war of the skies.
