2014, ISBN: 9780060194864

New York: Newmarket Press, 1987. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 24 cm. [12] 228, [2] pages. Illustrations. Selected Bibliography. Index… Mehr…

New York: Newmarket Press, 1987. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 24 cm. [12] 228, [2] pages. Illustrations. Selected Bibliography. Index. Some page discoloration. Acclaimed writer Susan Dworkin is the author of many books, including Miss America, 1945, the memoir The Nazi Officer's Wife with Edith Hahn Beer, the novel Stolen Goods, the novel-musical The Book of Candy, the self-help book The Ms. Guide to a Woman's Health with Dr. Cynthia W. Cooke, and the film studies Making Tootsie and Double De Palma. She wrote the Peabody Award-winning TV documentary She's Nobody's Baby: American Women in the 20th Century and was a longtime contributing editor to Ms. Magazine. She lives in New Jersey. Bess Myerson (July 16, 1924 - December 14, 2014) was an American politician, model and television actress who became famous in 1945 as the first Miss America who was also Jewish. Her achievement, in the aftermath of the Holocaust, was seen as an affirmation of the Jewish place in American life. She was a heroine to the Jewish community, where "she was the most famous pretty girl since Queen Esther." Myerson made frequent television appearances during the 1950s and 1960s. She was a commissioner in the New York City government, served on presidential commissions from the 1960s through the 1980s, and ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate. A few years after hearing her speak at an ADL function, television producer Walt Framer hired Myerson for the 1950s game show The Big Payoff. She was the "Lady in Mink" modeling the grand prize mink coat, and introducing guests and prizes, throughout the 1951 to 1959 network run of the program. Recognized for her wit and hard work, in 1954 Myerson was a panelist on the game show The Name's the Same and from 1958 through 1967 a panelist on I've Got a Secret. She regularly substituted for Dave Garroway on the Today Show. She was also a host of the television broadcast of the Miss America pageant from 1954 to 1968. Myerson stepped down from her other commitments in 1969 when appointed by Mayor John V. Lindsay to become the first Commissioner of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs. Her career as a commercial pitchwoman for a number of products throughout the 1950s and 1960s had led to her becoming a consultant to several consumer products companies. In her consumer affairs position, which she held until 1973, she became a pioneer in consumer protection law. She also served on several presidential commissions on violence, mental health, workplace issues, and hunger in the 1960s and 1970s. Throughout the late 1970s and the beginning of his mayoral ambitions, Myerson was a frequent public companion of then-Congressman Ed Koch and later chaired his successful 1977 campaign for New York City mayor. In 1980, Myerson vied for the Democratic nomination in New York's U.S. Senate race against Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, Queens District Attorney John J. Santucci, and Lindsay. Myerson lost to Holtzman by a wide margin. Holtzman was subsequently defeated by Al D'Amato. In 2002, Myerson appeared in the documentary film Miss America as a former Miss America interviewee., Newmarket Press, 1987, 3, New York: HarperCollins, 2001. Believed to be a book club edition but marked First Edition. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 25 cm. x, 326 pages. Illustrations (with 16 pages of plates). Note on sources. DJ has no price information. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Howard Blum (born 1948) is an American author and journalist. In 1986, Blum began working as a reporter for the New York Times, where he earned two Pulitzer Prize nominations. Formerly a reporter for The Village Voice and The New York Times, Blum is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and the author of several non-fiction books, including the New York Times bestseller and Edgar Award winner American Lightning, and The Brigade. It has been reported that Miramax Films is in the process of making The Brigade into a major motion picture. Derived from a Kirkus review: An action-packed, real-life drama featuring the first Jewish army to go into combat for 2,000 years. In chronicling this little-known niche of WWII, the former New York Times journalist interviewed the living members of His Majesty's Jewish Brigade, a Jewish cadre from British-controlled Palestine who fought with honor in Italy at the close of the war. While many of his scenes are worthy of a blockbuster movie, the deeper story lies in the emotions these Jews felt about their relation to the Holocaust. Many of them, recalling families slaughtered in concentration camps, saw their arrival in Germany in 1945 as payback time. That sorrow quickly turns to anger, however, and once the war is over the brigade seeks vengeance. A covert group of Jews hunts down and executes former SS members, then gradually form an underground railroad that shuttles Jews out of Europe toward Palestine. Military historians, fans of war stories, and lovers of Judaica: all will all be pleased., HarperCollins, 2001, 3<

2001, ISBN: 9780060194864

New York: HarperCollins, 2001. Believed to be a book club edition but marked First Edition. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 25 cm. x, 326 pages. Illustrations (with… Mehr…

New York: HarperCollins, 2001. Believed to be a book club edition but marked First Edition. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 25 cm. x, 326 pages. Illustrations (with 16 pages of plates). Note on sources. DJ has no price information. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Howard Blum (born 1948) is an American author and journalist. In 1986, Blum began working as a reporter for the New York Times, where he earned two Pulitzer Prize nominations. Formerly a reporter for The Village Voice and The New York Times, Blum is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and the author of several non-fiction books, including the New York Times bestseller and Edgar Award winner American Lightning, and The Brigade. It has been reported that Miramax Films is in the process of making The Brigade into a major motion picture. Derived from a Kirkus review: An action-packed, real-life drama featuring the first Jewish army to go into combat for 2,000 years. In chronicling this little-known niche of WWII, the former New York Times journalist interviewed the living members of His Majesty's Jewish Brigade, a Jewish cadre from British-controlled Palestine who fought with honor in Italy at the close of the war. While many of his scenes are worthy of a blockbuster movie, the deeper story lies in the emotions these Jews felt about their relation to the Holocaust. Many of them, recalling families slaughtered in concentration camps, saw their arrival in Germany in 1945 as payback time. That sorrow quickly turns to anger, however, and once the war is over the brigade seeks vengeance. A covert group of Jews hunts down and executes former SS members, then gradually form an underground railroad that shuttles Jews out of Europe toward Palestine. Military historians, fans of war stories, and lovers of Judaica: all will all be pleased., HarperCollins, 2001, 3<

2001, ISBN: 9780060194864

HarperCollins, Hardcover, Auflage: First Edition, 336 Seiten, Publiziert: 2001-11-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 1.36 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1478948, War & Espionage, Biography, Subjects, … Mehr…

HarperCollins, Hardcover, Auflage: First Edition, 336 Seiten, Publiziert: 2001-11-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 1.36 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1478948, War & Espionage, Biography, Subjects, Books, Origins, World War II 1939-1945, Military History, World History, Israel & Palestine, Middle East, Books Global Store, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_3601, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_0, Special Features Stores, Arborist Merchandising Root, HarperCollins, 2001<