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The American way : a true story of Nazi escape, Superman, and Marilyn Monroe / Helene Stapinski and Bonnie Siegler.

Stapinski, Helene, (author.). Siegler, Bonnie, (author.).

Summary:

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 birth of the comic book, and one family's desperate attempts to flee 1930s Berlin and the Holocaust. It's a vivacious, captivating story of two strivers living through an extraordinary moment in American history, their lives intersecting with a glittering array of twentieth-century icons in a kaleidoscopic tale of hope and reinvention, of daring escapes and fake identities, of big dreams and the magic of movies, and what it means to be a real-life Superman. -- From inside front cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781982171667
ISBN: 1982171669
Physical Description: 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

In the metropolis -- Smooshes and booze -- Daredevil reporter -- Stone boys and beasts -- Pulp nonfiction -- Direct transmissions -- Always sunny -- In the garden -- The ten-block walk, take 2 -- The major and the minors -- The wait -- The signature -- The way back -- Broken glass -- A job for Superman -- Taking sides -- Collateral damage -- Bleeding letters -- Fake nazis -- Stolen bread -- Grosse hamburger strasse -- Stars and stripes -- Golda's journey -- M.I.A. -- Ruins -- To do without saying -- Cover girl -- Jews reel -- The hottest thing -- Backlash -- Force of nature -- Centerfold -- The girl -- Flesh impact -- It happened last night -- Birth of Venus -- Nights of horror -- Almost family -- The fall -- A legend most -- The final fight -- Lost and found.