The Haunted Smile
Subtitle: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: December 17, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781586481629
Subjects: Humor; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Comedy; Ethnic Studies - General; General
First sentence: Meyer Kubelsky's father had to struggle for nearly ten years before saving enough money to send his son to the Golden Land, the one place where hope still breathed, where Jews, through hard work and cheerful optimism, could survive, the land where even the Cossacks could not ride their horses.