Edward Jablonski

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Edward Jablonski


Born
in Bay City, Michigan, The United States
March 01, 1922

Died
February 10, 2004

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Edward Jablonski was the author of several biographies on American cultural personalities, such as George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Alan Jay Lerner and Irving Berlin, as well as books on aviation history.

Jablonski was born in Bay City, Michigan to a family of Polish-American journalists and writers. His father had been a writer for Sztandar Polski and another relative, Paul F. Jablonski, wrote for the Bay City Times. Early on he fell in love with the music of George and Ira Gershwin. A fan letter he wrote to Ira while in school quickly turned into regular correspondence and eventually a lasting friendship with the lyricist.

While Jablonski was interested in music, his true fascination was with aviation. Supposedly, he spent much of his time wa
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Flying Fortress: The Illust...

4.50 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1965 — 15 editions
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Gershwin

4.08 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1988 — 15 editions
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Air War Volume 1:  Terror F...

4.22 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1971 — 5 editions
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Air War Volume 2: Outraged ...

3.98 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1971 — 5 editions
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America in the Air War

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4.04 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1982 — 8 editions
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A Pictorial History of the ...

3.79 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1977 — 8 editions
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The Great War:  Stories Of ...

3.71 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1965 — 7 editions
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Double Strike: The Epic Air...

3.96 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1974 — 10 editions
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Harold Arlen: Rhythm, Rainb...

4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1985 — 9 editions
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Air War (Four Volumes in One)

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