Yip Harburg: Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist

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Yip Harburg This page intentionally left blank H A R R I E T H Y M A N A L O N S O YipHarburg Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS Middletown, Connecticut Wesleyan University Press Middletown CT 06459 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress 2012 © Harriet Hyman Alonso All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Typeset in Miller types by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Wesleyan University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Alonso, Harriet Hyman. Yip Harburg: legendary lyricist and human rights activist / Harriet Hyman Alonso. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8195-7128-1 (cloth: alk. paper)— ISBN 978-0-8195-7124-3 (ebook) 1. Harburg, E. Y. (Edgar Yipsel), 1896–1981. 2. Lyricists—United States—Biography. I. Title. ML423.H313A46 2012 782.1′4092—dc23 [B] 2012012525 5 4 3 2 1 FRONTISPIECE Yip at work in his New York City apartment, 1970s. Photo by Ken Golden. Courtesy of the Yip Harburg Foundation For my sister Carolyn, with love this book was enabled by the generosity of Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford ...