| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
270 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
Katharine Weber's memoir of the rich, strange, and fascinating cast of characters in her family, including her grandmother, Kay Swift, known both for her own music (she was the first woman to compose the score to a hit Broadway show, Fine and Dandy,) and for her ten-year romance with George Gershwin; her great-grandfather, Paul M. Warburg, the creator of the Federal Reserve System, the model for Annie's Daddy Warbucks, and the man known as the Cassandra of Wall Street for having forecast the Wall Street crash of 1929; and her crazy father, an eccentric filmmaker who made propaganda and training films for the OSS during World War II and who subsequently invented the regrettable and forgettable Aromarama movies. |
| Subject |
Weber, Katharine, 1955- -- Family.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Warburg family.
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Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
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Swift, Kay, 1897-1993.
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| ISBN |
9780307395887 hardback $24.00 |
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030739588X hardback |
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