{"product_id":"god-bless-america-9781368015769","title":"God Bless America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring portrait of an immigrant and the gift he gave his new home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePersecuted 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 \u003ci\u003ethump-two-three, ting-a-ling, whee\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003eBut when darker times came and the nation went to war, it was time for Irving to compose a new kind of song:\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eboom-rah-rah\u003c\/i\u003e song.\u003cbr\u003eA big brass belter.\u003cbr\u003eA loud heart-melter.\u003cbr\u003eA song for America.\u003cbr\u003eAnd so God Bless America was born, the heart swelling standard that Americans have returned to again and again after its 1918 composition.\u003cbr\u003eThis is the tale of how a former refugee gave America one of its most celebr\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Disney Book Publishing Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407568838999,"sku":"9781368015769","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781368015769.jpg?v=1730499796","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/god-bless-america-9781368015769","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}