Coming Soon from Journalist and Author, Richard Bernstein:
ONLY IN AMERICA
AL JOLSON AND THE JAZZ SINGER
A probing biography of world-renowned singer and actor Al Jolson, the private history behind The Jazz Singer, and a portrait of the immigrants from the Russian empire who remade American popular culture. Only in America: Al Jolson and the Jazz Singer, is due out in June 2024 from Penguin Random House.
Photo: © Michael Lionstar
Richard Bernstein
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
RICHARD BERNSTEIN has been a reporter, culture critic, and commentator for more than thirty years. He was a foreign correspondent in Asia and Europe for Time and The New York Times, and was the first bureau chief in China for Time. He is the author of several books, among them China 1945; A Girl Named Faithful Plum; Ultimate Journey, a New York Times Best Book of the Year; and Out of the Blue, named one of the seven best books of the year by The Boston Globe. He lives in New York City.
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