IRA GERSHWIN: A Life in Words

The first lyricist to win the Pulitzer Prize, Ira Gershwin (1896-1983) has been hailed as one of the masters of the Great American Songbook, a period which covers songs written largely for Broadway and Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1950s. Now Owen brings Gershwin out at last from the long shadow cast by his younger and more famous brother George. Well illus.