Author Event: Jamie Bernstein, "Famous Father Girl"
Feb
29
7:00 PM19:00

Author Event: Jamie Bernstein, "Famous Father Girl"

Darien Library and Barrett Bookstore welcome Jamie Bernstein, author of Famous Father Girl: a Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein.

In this intimate and evocative memoir, the oldest daughter of revered composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein offers a rare look at her father, which was published the centennial year of his birth.

The composer of On the Town and West Side Story, chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic, television star, humanitarian, friend of the powerful and influential, and the life of every party, Leonard Bernstein was an enormous celebrity during one of the headiest periods of American cultural life, as well as the most protean musician in twentieth century America. 

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Lunar New Year
Feb
20
7:00 PM19:00

Lunar New Year

  • Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with the NY Phil and stellar guest artists.

Clara-Jumi Kang is the soloist in Bruch’s beloved Violin Concerto No. 1, and Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals is brought to life by narrator Jamie Bernstein, featuring pianists Clayton Stephenson and Serena Wang. Hear the World Premiere of Lunar Overture, by film composer Elliot Leung, and selections from Zhou Tian’s Transcend, composed in 2019 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad.

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Cousin Brucie And Jamie Bernstein: A Beatles Conversation
Feb
5
7:00 PM19:00

Cousin Brucie And Jamie Bernstein: A Beatles Conversation

City Winery NYC presents Cousin Brucie and Jamie Berstein live on February 5th at 7pm

The Village Trip: Where The Beat Lives On

It Was 60 Years Ago Today: A Beatles Conversation with Cousin Brucie and Jamie Bernstein The Loft at City Winery, Monday February 5, 2024 To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ first visit to America and their historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, The Village Trip will present a conversation with Bruce Morrow (Cousin Brucie) and Jamie Bernstein.

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An Afternoon Celebrating Leonard Bernstein
Jan
28
3:00 PM15:00

An Afternoon Celebrating Leonard Bernstein

You’ve seen the movie, now hear his music! The Fairfield Museum and Sacred Heart University Community Theatre present an extraordinary afternoon of stories and songs celebrating the life and work of one of Fairfield’s most famous residents, composer Leonard Bernstein. The event will feature acclaimed pianist Orin Grossman and Tony-Award-winning actors Joanna Gleason and Santino Fontana performing many of Bernstein’s classic works, along with an intimate look into the famous composer’s life with Jamie Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein’s daughter and author of Famous Father Girl.

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Houston Chamber Choir to Present Screening of Bradley Cooper's MAESTRO, With Special Guest Jamie Bernstein
Dec
2
6:30 PM18:30

Houston Chamber Choir to Present Screening of Bradley Cooper's MAESTRO, With Special Guest Jamie Bernstein

The Houston Chamber Choir presents MAESTRO, a biographical film that explores the extraordinary life and musical legacy of Leonard Bernstein.

See MAESTRO at a VIP pre-release screening with Jamie Bernstein. The evening will feature a short pre-show talk by Jamie and a 45-minute Q/A session in our private theater immediately following the show. 

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The Concert Hall Becomes American: Exploring Twentieth Century Icons
Nov
5
to Nov 12

The Concert Hall Becomes American: Exploring Twentieth Century Icons

As the 20th century got under way, American music in the concert hall was finding its own musical identity; it would no longer be merely a pale imitation of Europe.

Join Jamie Bernstein on her exploration of four iconic 20th century composers who helped create a uniquely American flavor of classical music: Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, and Leonard Bernstein.

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Southwest Florida Symphony to host ‘Leonard Bernstein: Citizen Artist’ on Nov. 1
Nov
1
7:00 PM19:00

Southwest Florida Symphony to host ‘Leonard Bernstein: Citizen Artist’ on Nov. 1

The Southwest Florida Symphony, the only professional orchestra in Lee County and fourth oldest in the state, is excited to host “Leonard Bernstein: Citizen Artist” on Wednesday, Nov. 1. The event begins at 7 p.m. at Temple Beth El, 16225 Winkler Road in Fort Myers. Proceeds support the Southwest Florida Symphony.

The program features author, narrator and filmmaker Jamie Bernstein, daughter of acclaimed composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein. The presentation explores her father’s life and legacy through four categories – conductor, composer, educator and activist-humanitarian – highlighting audio and video clips, as well as images culled from Leonard Bernstein’s vast archive at The Library of Congress.

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Wonderful Town with Jamie Bernstein, Janis Seigel & Friends @ The Public Theater
Sep
13
7:00 PM19:00

Wonderful Town with Jamie Bernstein, Janis Seigel & Friends @ The Public Theater

“My, what charm
My, what grace
Poets and peasants on Waverly Place!”

Wonderful Town immortalized Greenwich Village, just as a later Leonard Bernstein musical immortalized the West Side of Manhattan. This unique and intimate cabaret – featuring writer and broadcaster Jamie Bernstein, with Grammy-garlanded chanteuse Janis Siegel, baritone Michael Kelly, and pianist Yaron Gershovsky – is a glorious celebration of songs such as “Ohio,” “Pass the Football,” and “One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man,” plus a surprise song famously left out of the original score. For good measure, this unique evening will also dip into more of the Maestro’s Manhattan musicals, On the Town and West Side Story – and Jamie will reveal some behind-the-scenes stories!

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Glimmerglass Festival: A Candid Conversation with Jamie Bernstein
Aug
15
11:00 AM11:00

Glimmerglass Festival: A Candid Conversation with Jamie Bernstein

Narrator, writer, and broadcaster Jamie Bernstein explores the life and legacy of her father, Leonard Bernstein, composer of this season’s Candide. In conversation with Artistic and General Director, Rob Ainsley, Ms. Bernstein discuss the American Master’s life as conductor, composer, pianist, educator, and humanitarian, with performances of his music from the Glimmerglass Young Artists.

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PODCAST - The NY Phil Story: Made in New York
Apr
5
1:00 PM13:00

PODCAST - The NY Phil Story: Made in New York

From WNYC Radio

Starting April 5 2023: For more than 180 years, the New York Philharmonic has been making history here in the city we call home. The NY Phil Story: Made in New York is a podcast about the people, the music, and the city behind America's oldest orchestra. Host Jamie Bernstein takes you backstage and into the archives to hear the untold stories of the Philharmonic–right from the very beginning. Each episode, we'll go behind the scenes of an iconic performance, speak to current Philharmonic musicians about how they carry on the orchestra's legacy, and hear the music that inspired it all.

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Late Night with Leonard Bernstein
Mar
7
7:30 PM19:30

Late Night with Leonard Bernstein

A well-known insomniac for whom night was a time for creativity and friendship, deep introspection and revelry, the iconic Leonard Bernstein worked incessantly, often entertaining friends and guests late into the night and dazzling them with charismatic performances across a wide range of musical styles. Late Night with Leonard Bernstein is hosted by his daughter Jamie and features three internationally-acclaimed artists – soprano Amy Burton and pianists John Musto and Michael Boriskin. A scintillating and affectionate multimedia portrait of the personal side of this charismatic, singularly public figure, this vibrant production has captivated sold-out audiences across the U.S. since it premiered at Lincoln Center. The program weaves together a warm-hearted, revealing script, a video slideshow of rare photographs of the legendary artist and his family, friends, and colleagues, and Bernstein’s most intimate (and favorite) music, along with personal stories and even audio and film clips of the Maestro himself.

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Exchange Across Borders: The Beijing Music Festival at 25
Sep
28
6:30 PM18:30

Exchange Across Borders: The Beijing Music Festival at 25

October 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Music Festival, an annual three-week event that has secured China’s eminence in the classical music world in the 21st century. Music critic Ken Smith discusses the impact of the festival’s quarter-century of continuous international artistic exchange with Jamie Bernstein, Du Yun and Zhou Long, all of whom have graced the festival’s stage multiple times.

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 Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story with Guest Jamie Bernstein
Jul
27
6:00 PM18:00

Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story with Guest Jamie Bernstein

Join Breck Film and the National Repertory Orchestra (NRO) for an interactive conversation with Jamie Bernstein, author, narrator, filmmaker and daughter of composer Leonard Bernstein, and NRO Music Director Michael Stern after the screening of Steven Spielberg’s film West Side Story (2021).

The film is an adaption of the 1956 musical. West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.

General Admission
The NRO will NOT be playing a live score with the film.
Film run time: 2.5 hours; intermission: 10-15 minutes; post-film discussion: 30 minutes
Rated: PG-13

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Celebrating the Theater Songs of Leonard Bernstein
Jun
17
7:30 PM19:30

Celebrating the Theater Songs of Leonard Bernstein

Featuring 
Bill Charlap and the Bill Charlap Rrio

with author Jamie Bernstein and host Ted Chapin

West Side Story. Candide. On the Town. Leonard Bernstein composed some of the most memorable theater scores of his generation—but who was the man behind the music? Join us for a thought-provoking evening of Bernstein songs and stories in this edition of Conversations in Concert, hosted by theater insider Ted Chapin.

Jamie Bernstein will pull back the curtain of her father’s complex persona, sharing intimate moments and childhood memories from her book, Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein.

Jazz pianist Bill Charlap & the Bill Charlap Trio will perform Bernstein classics, including “America,” “Lucky To Be Me,” “Some Other Time,” “Glitter and be Gay,” “Somewhere,” and “Cool.”

Don’t miss this joyful tribute to America’s most iconic composer-conductor.

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Mahler Month with Thomas Hampson
Apr
1
1:00 PM13:00

Mahler Month with Thomas Hampson

With guests Jamie Bernstein and Marina Mahler

This is a live, interactive online course about the music of Gustav Mahler. Meet Thomas Hampson and special guests including Marina Mahler, Jamie Bernstein, Mahler-biographer Jens Malte Fischer, and musicologist Morten Solvik and join them on an in-depth exploration of Mahler’s works through his songs.

You will receive access to live lectures and Question & Answer sessions, special assignments tailored to the course objectives, online hangouts with the instructor and classmates, access to exclusive musical materials, and invitation-only opportunities to connect with Thomas and other guests in person around special Mahler anniversary events. Course materials and media will be made available for unlimited access.

Each of the 4 course sessions will consist of:

Live presentation by Thomas Hampson

  • Live discussion with a guest artist and Mahler expert

  • Short break

  • Interactive Question & Answer forum

  • The sessions will be between 90 and 120 minutes long.

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Tune It Up: A Concert To Raise Colorectal Cancer Awareness
Mar
31
8:00 PM20:00

Tune It Up: A Concert To Raise Colorectal Cancer Awareness

Rock Musicians Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, Tim Reynolds and More Lend Their Voices to Free Virtual Concert for Colorectal Cancer Awareness

The American College of Gastroenterology offers an open invitation to all to enjoy a free virtual event, “Tune It Up: A Concert To Raise Colorectal Cancer Awareness,” on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 8 pm EDT featuring dynamic performances by a talented collective of musicians.

The virtual concert includes messages from celebrity cancer advocate Katie Couric and performances by notable stars such as Rufus Wainwright and Ben Folds, along with a group of musicians from a wide range of genres who all donated their time and performances to support colorectal cancer awareness efforts. ACG’s goal is to tap the connection and energy that music creates to shine a light on the importance of colorectal cancer screening and prevention.

This free event is open to all for an evening of rock, jazz, hip-hop, Broadway, and classical music performed by acclaimed musicians. The concert includes performances and special video appearances, including introductions to several performances from Jamie Bernstein (author, narrator, filmmaker, and daughter of Leonard Bernstein) and actors from The Mandalorian and Mad Men.

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Celebrating the theater songs of Leonard Bernstein
Jan
29
7:30 PM19:30

Celebrating the theater songs of Leonard Bernstein

Featuring
Bill Charlap and The Bill Charlap Trio
author Jamie Bernstein and host Ted Chapin

West Side StoryCandideOn the Town. Leonard Bernstein composed some of the most memorable theater scores of his generation—but who was the man behind the music? Join us for a thought-provoking evening of Bernstein songs and stories in this edition of Conversations in Concert, hosted by theater insider Ted Chapin.

Jamie Bernstein will pull back the curtain of her father’s complex persona, sharing intimate moments and childhood memories from her book, Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein.

Jazz pianist Bill Charlap & the Bill Charlap Trio will perform Bernstein classics, including “America,” “Lucky To Be Me,” “Some Other Time,” “Glitter and be Gay,” “Somewhere,” and “Cool.”

Don’t miss this joyful tribute to America’s most iconic composer-conductor.

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FREE WEBINAR:  Leonard Bernstein's MASS at 50
Jan
10
3:00 PM15:00

FREE WEBINAR: Leonard Bernstein's MASS at 50

The Leonard Bernstein Office and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will co-present Leonard Bernstein's MASS at 50, a livestreamed panel discussion, at 3 p.m. ET on January 10, 2022.

Offering a range of perspectives about the history of MASS and its continuing impact, the panel will be moderated by Bernstein’s daughter, Jamie Bernstein.

Panelists will include:

  • Stephen Schwartz, lyricist with Bernstein for MASS

  • Marin Alsop, frequent conductor of MASS, including the recent Ravinia production

  • Paulo Szot, baritone, Celebrant in the recent Ravinia production

  • Carol Oja, William Powell Mason Professor of Music at Harvard University

  • John Mauceri, frequent conductor of MASS, including its first European performance and the tenth anniversary production at the Kennedy Center

  • Wayne Marshall, frequent conductor of MASS in Europe

  • Douglas Webster, Celebrant, director, or producer in over twenty productions of MASS

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JFSM Virtual Events - The Women's Event: An Evening with Jamie Bernstein and Alexandra Silber
Dec
7
7:00 PM19:00

JFSM Virtual Events - The Women's Event: An Evening with Jamie Bernstein and Alexandra Silber

Composer Leonard Bernstein’s eldest daughter, Jamie Bernstein, shares a rare and intimate look at her father on the centennial of his birth in her new memoir, Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein. Jamie is joined by Broadway performer Alexandra Silber (Fiddler on the Roof) for an endearing and entertaining conversation and a selection of the Maestro’s most famous songs.

Via Zoom
Tickets $10

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Mayerson JCC Jewish Book Series (virtual) - Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein by Jamie Bernstein
Nov
16
7:00 PM19:00

Mayerson JCC Jewish Book Series (virtual) - Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein by Jamie Bernstein

The oldest daughter of revered composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein offers an intimate and broadly evocative memoir about her father on the centennial of his birth. Author Jamie Bernstein will be in conversation with Paula Brehm-Heeger (Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Library Director, Cincinnati and Hamilton Public Library).

Presented in partnership with The Cincinnati and Hamilton Public Library. 

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Cultural Arts & Jewish Heritage Speaker Series Virtual Event - Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein
Oct
26
12:00 PM12:00

Cultural Arts & Jewish Heritage Speaker Series Virtual Event - Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein

The composer of West Side Story, chief conductor of the NY Philharmonic, a friend of the powerful, and the life of every party, Leonard Bernstein was an American celebrity. But to his daughter Jamie, Bernstein was above all the compulsive teacher and father who taught his daughter to love the world in all its beauty and complexity.

In a deeply intimate and broadly evocative memoir, the eldest daughter of revered composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein offers a rare look at her father on the centennial of his birth. This virtual event is part of our Cultural Arts & Jewish Heritage Speaker Series.

Cost is $8 member / $10 non-member. Click here to register. For more information, please email [email protected].

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Discussion and Live Zoom Q&A - Jamie Bernstein Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein
Oct
25
4:00 PM16:00

Discussion and Live Zoom Q&A - Jamie Bernstein Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein

Jamie Bernstein reveals what it was like to have Leonard Bernstein, the most celebrated Jewish American Musician of the 20th century, as her father.  A fantastic set of characters populated the Bernstein’s lives including John Lennon, Richard Avedon, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins, and Lauren Bacall. Listen to her personal stories and see exclusive photos and videos of the legendary musician’s life.

Jamie Bernstein is an author, filmmaker, and concert narrator who travels the world speaking about her father’s legacy and his music. Her documentary Crescendo: The Power of Music is available on Netflix.

JCC Members: $10

Public: $12

Zoom link will be provided after registration. 

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JAAMM Festival (virtual): Jamie Bernstein - “Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein
Oct
22
7:00 PM19:00

JAAMM Festival (virtual): Jamie Bernstein - “Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein

Welcome to the Neustadt JAAMM Festival (Jewish Arts, Author, Movies and Music)! JAAMM is our flagship cultural arts program, with a focus on literary arts and Jewish-interest entertainment. For 2020-2021, JAAMM will be presented as a year-round event season, and entirely virtually. This allows us to present events that resonate with the Jewish and secular event calendars, expanding favorite programs (such as our Jewish Book Council author lectures) in serial offerings and strengthening thematic ties across programs, all from the safety and comfort of home!

Join JAAMM as we welcome author, narrator, and filmmaker Jamie Bernstein to chat about her memoir Famous Father Girl.

Special thanks to the Jewish Book Council for their assistance in routing recently-published Jewish-interest authors to our community. We encourage you to purchase this title through our 2020-2021 Bookstore Partner, The Bookies, to receive a signed bookplate from the author!

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Tanglewood 2020 Online Festival
Jul
12
2:30 PM14:30

Tanglewood 2020 Online Festival

BSO Encore Performances from Tanglewood - Beethoven and Shostakovich

Hosted by Jamie Bernstein

BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons conducts this August 1, 2015, concert in the Koussevitzky Music Shed with three French soloists—the brothers Renaud and Gautier Capuçon and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet—in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, a work that rewards a sense of competition and play among its three solo parts.

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JBC AUTHOR: JAMIE BERNSTEIN, "FAMOUS FATHER GIRL: A MEMOIR OF GROWING UP BERNSTEIN"
Apr
14
6:30 PM18:30

JBC AUTHOR: JAMIE BERNSTEIN, "FAMOUS FATHER GIRL: A MEMOIR OF GROWING UP BERNSTEIN"

In Famous Father Girl, Bernstein mines the emotional depths of her childhood and invites us into her family’s private world. The oldest daughter of revered composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein offers a rare look at her father on the centennial of his birth in a deeply intimate and broadly evocative memoir that is at once an intimate meditation on a complex and sometimes troubled man, the family he raised, and the music he composed that became the soundtrack to their entwined lives.

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Conversations in Concert Celebrating the Songs of Leonard Bernstein
Apr
4
7:00 PM19:00

Conversations in Concert Celebrating the Songs of Leonard Bernstein

West Side StoryCandideOn the Town. Leonard Bernstein composed some of the most memorable theater scores of his generation—but who was the man behind the music? Join us for a thought-provoking evening of Bernstein songs and stories in this edition of Conversations in Concert, hosted by theater insider Ted Chapin.

Daughter, Jamie Bernstein, will pull back the curtain of her father’s complex persona, sharing intimate moments and childhood memories from her book, Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein.

Jazz pianist Bill Charlap & the Bill Charlap Trio will perform your favorite Bernstein classics, including “America,” “Lucky To Be Me,” “Some Other Time,” “Glitter and be Gay,” and “Somewhere Cool.”

Don’t miss this joyful tribute to America’s most iconic composer-conductor.

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Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein
Apr
1
7:00 PM19:00

Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein

This spring, the Mayerson JCC Jewish Book Series will bring three talented authors to Cincinnati to speak about their inspiration, their process, and their recent releases. Learn about Jamie Bernstein’s acclaimed memoir “Famous Father Girl,” Naomi Nachman’s creative and informative cookbook “Perfect Flavors,” and Andrew Ridker’s tragicomic debut novel “The Altruists.” Join us at the JCC to hear these writers’ personal stories as we celebrate Jewish literary perspectives.

The old­est daugh­ter of revered composer/​conductor Leonard Bern­stein offers a rare look at her father on the cen­ten­ni­al of his birth in a deeply inti­mate and broad­ly evoca­tive mem­oir. In Famous Father Girl, Bern­stein mines the emo­tion­al depths of her child­hood and invites us into her fam­i­ly’s pri­vate world. A fan­tas­tic set of char­ac­ters pop­u­lates the Bern­steins’ lives, includ­ing: the Kennedys, Mike Nichols, John Lennon, Richard Ave­don, Stephen Sond­heim, Jerome Rob­bins, and Bet­ty (Lau­ren) Bacall. An intox­i­cat­ing tale and an inti­mate med­i­ta­tion on a com­plex and some­times trou­bled man, the fam­i­ly he raised, and the music he com­posed that became the sound­track to their entwined lives. Deeply mov­ing and often hilar­i­ous, Bern­stein’s beau­ti­ful­ly writ­ten mem­oir is a great Amer­i­can sto­ry about one of the great­est Amer­i­cans of the mod­ern age.

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