Frank Sinatra
Subtitle: History, Identity, and Italian American Culture (Italian & Italian American Studies)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: September 23, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781403966551
Subjects: Contemporary popular music; Films, cinema; Popular culture; United States - 20th Century; Popular Culture - General; Composers & Musicians - General; Biography & Autobiography; Singers; Biography / Autobiography; Political and social views; Biography/Autobiography; USA; General; Minority Studies - Ethnic American; Social Science / Popular Culture; Social life and customs; Biography; Sinatra, Frank,; United States; 1915-; 20th century; Italian Americans
First sentence: There are almost as many Sinatras as our imaginations may will into existence: the wise-ass scugnizzo from the streets of Hoboken; the vulnerable crooner who made the bobby soxers swoon at the Paramount; the self-destructive moth to the flame of Ava Gardner; the eternal Maggio and the Comeback Kid; the head Rat with rock glass in hand; the original "gangsta" epitomizing cool and a certain way with women; the ferociously proud Italian American; the Chairman of the Board; Ol' Blue Eyes; civil rights spokesperson....