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Feb 12, 2023 · “The American Way,” by Helene Stapinski and Bonnie Siegler, tells the story of Siegler’s immigrant grandfather — who happened on the movie star while she was filming “The Seven Year Itch ...
The American way of life or the American way is the U.S. nationalist ethos that adheres to the principle of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. At the center of the American way is the belief in an American Dream that is claimed to be achievable by any American through hard work. This concept is intertwined with the concept of American ...
Feb 14, 2023 · A “fast-moving American epic with a cast of refugees and starlets, publishers and bootleggers, comic-book creators and sports legends” (The Washington Post), The American Way follows two very different men—Jules Schulback and his unlikely benefactor, DC Comics publisher (and sometimes pornographer) Harry Donenfeld—on an exuberant true-life adventure linking glamorous old Hollywood, the ...
Feb 22, 2023 · A new book tells the story of a family’s escape from Nazi Germany that wends its way through bootleggers, comic-book creators, sports legends and one iconic starlet. On Nov. 8, 1938, a Gestapo ...
Feb 14, 2023 · The American Way by Helene Stapinksi and Bonnie Siegler weaves together several true stories, some heart-breaking, some heart-warming, but all fascinating, especially when you discover how they intersect. Jules Schulback's (Siegler's grandfather) harrowing, and brave escape from Nazi Germany with his wife and young child centers the book.
A “fast-moving American epic with a cast of refugees and starlets, publishers and bootleggers, comic-book creators and sports legends” (The Washington Post), The American Way follows two very different men—Jules Schulback and his unlikely benefactor, DC Comics publisher (and sometimes pornographer) Harry Donenfeld—on an exuberant true-life adventure linking glamorous old Hollywood, the ...
Format Hardcover. ISBN 9781982171667. In this exuberant real-life adventure, the publisher of DC Comics comes to the rescue of a family trying to flee Nazi Berlin, their lives linking up with a dazzling cast of 20th century icons, all eagerly pursing the American dream. Family lore had it that Bonnie Siegler’s grandfather crossed paths in ...
