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An inspiring portrait of an immigrant and the gift he gave his new home.
Persecuted as Jews, Izzy Baline and his family emigrated from Russia to New York, where he fell in love with his new country. He heard music everywhere and was full to bursting with his own. Izzy''s thump-two-three, ting-a-ling, whee tunes soon brought him acclaim as the sought-after songwriter Irving Berlin. He ignited the imaginations of fellow countrymen and women with his Broadway and Hollywood numbers, crafting tunes that have become classics we still sing today.
But when darker times came and the nation went to war, it was time for Irving to compose a new kind of song:
A boom-rah-rah song.
A big brass belter.
A loud heart-melter.
A song for America.
And so God Bless America was born, the heart swelling standard that Americans have returned to again and again after its 1918 composition.
This is the tale of how a former refugee gave America one of its most celebr

God Bless America

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    A Hardback by Adah Nuchi, Rob Polivka

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      Publisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.
      Published 5 June 2018
      ISBN-13 9781368015769
      978-1368015769
      ISBN-10 136801576X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      An inspiring portrait of an immigrant and the gift he gave his new home.
      Persecuted as Jews, Izzy Baline and his family emigrated from Russia to New York, where he fell in love with his new country. He heard music everywhere and was full to bursting with his own. Izzy''s thump-two-three, ting-a-ling, whee tunes soon brought him acclaim as the sought-after songwriter Irving Berlin. He ignited the imaginations of fellow countrymen and women with his Broadway and Hollywood numbers, crafting tunes that have become classics we still sing today.
      But when darker times came and the nation went to war, it was time for Irving to compose a new kind of song:
      A boom-rah-rah song.
      A big brass belter.
      A loud heart-melter.
      A song for America.
      And so God Bless America was born, the heart swelling standard that Americans have returned to again and again after its 1918 composition.
      This is the tale of how a former refugee gave America one of its most celebr

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