The American Way - A True Story of Nazi Escape, Superman, and Marilyn Monroe

"An exuberant true-life adventure following two very different men - a loveable huckster turned publisher of DC Comics and the man he helped escape from 1930s Berlin - as they cross paths with icons of midcentury pop culture in pursuit of the American dream"--

About the author

Helene Stapinski is the nationally bestselling author of three memoirs: Five-Finger Discount, Murder in Matera, and Baby Plays Around. She writes regularly for The New York Times; her work has also appeared in The Washington Post, New York magazine, Travel & Leisure, and dozens of other publications. She teaches at New York University and lives in Brooklyn.Bonnie Siegler is the founder and creative director of award-winning, multi-disciplinary graphic design studio Eight and a Half. The author of Dear Client, a guide for people who work with creatives, and Signs of Resistance, a visual history of protest in America, she taught design in the graduate schools of Yale University and the School of Visual Arts for many years. She lives in Connecticut.

Product details

• Authors: Bonnie Siegler, Helene Stapinski, Helene/ Siegler Stapinski, Stapinski Helene
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781982171674
• ISBN: 978-1-982171-67-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; USA, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Biography: arts & entertainment, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, The Holocaust, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: arts and entertainment, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust