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Drawing upon intimate conversations over the course of many years, Hamill evokes the essence of Sinatra - examining his art and his legend from the inside. Shaped by Prohibition, the Depression, and war, Sinatra became the troubadour of urban loneliness; he was one of the few artists of the 20th century to break through an ethnic parochialism that imprisoned so many turn-of-the-century immigrants and their children. With his songs, he enabled millions of others to tell their own stories, thus providing an entire generation with a sense of tradition and pride belonging distinctly to them. Products of the same urban landscape, both Hamill and Sinatra can be credited with giving the American city a voice. This is a touching portrait of a 20th-century icon.
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"A graceful reminiscence of Sinatra after hours serves as the frame for shrewd reflections on the singer's art, his personality, his audience, and--most interesting--his ethnicity, a subject about which Hamill, against all odds, contrives to say fresh and persuasive things." "A brief but eloquent--and elegantly designed--homage to the singer.... Hamill succeeds--convincingly, with natty aplomb--in explaining why Sinatra, even now, matters."
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A unique tribute to Frank Sinatra by a journalist and award-winning author.
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- PublisherLittle, Brown & Company
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0316738867
- ISBN 13 9780316738866
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages192
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