Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words YA non-fiction now in bold Dark Leopard

now in bold Dark Leopard Suede

This book is for lovers of a good story

and from the tiniest ant to the blue whale

inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

--Richard Ford

Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words YA non-fiction now in bold Dark LeopardThe first lyricist to win the Pulitzer Prize, Ira Gershwin (1896 1983) has been hailed as one of the masters of the Great American Songbook, a period which covers songs written largely for Broadway and Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1950s. Now, in the first full length biography devoted to his life, Michael Owen brings Ira out at last from the long shadow cast by his younger and more famous brother George. Drawing on extensive archival sources and