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Yip Harburg : legendary lyricist and human rights activist
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- Creator
- Harriet Hyman Alonso
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, [2012]
- ©2012
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780819571281, 9780819571243, 0819571245, 0819571288
- OCLC
- ocn859686804, ocn784125161
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- What's in a name? -- Early years -- Brother, can you spare a dime? -- A pause for Jay Gorney -- Yip's path to show business success -- A pause for Vernon Duke -- From Hollywood to Oz and back -- A pause for Harold Arlen -- Human rights activism takes center stage -- A pause for Agnes de Mille -- Yip's case study of Finian's rainbow -- A pause for Burton Lane -- Anger, frustration, and persistence during the McCarthy years -- A pause for friendship during hard times -- The new old Yip -- Appendix. Musicals, films and songs