Edward Jablonski passed away

[Mike Weeks]

This may be of some interest. From the AP:

NEW YORK (AP)- Edward Jablonski, a distinguished biographer of American
composers, including George Gershwin and Irving Berlin, died Tuesday of heart
failure, his daughter said. He was 81.

"The Gershwin Years," which he co-authored with Lawrence D. Stewart, was based
on many previously unavailable materials from the personal archives of the
Gershwin family and their friends. The book was adapted for and produced on
television, with narration by the celebrated songwriter Richard Rogers.

Jablonski also wrote "Gershwin Remembered" and a biography of Alan Jay Lerner,
a lyricist and screenwriter of such classics as "My Fair Lady," "Gigi," and
"Camelot." His last book was, "Irving Berlin: American Troubadour," and, at the
time of his death, he was working on his book, "Masters of American Song."
Throughout his career, Jablonski also was a frequent contributor to the
Saturday Review, American Record Guide and Stereo Review.

He also wrote several books on aviation and aerial warfare including the
four-volume series "Airwar" and two pictorial histories of World Wars I and II.

02/13/04 19:52 EST

MW

[Bob's Your Uncle]

"Mike Weeks" < wrote in message ...
> This may be of some interest. From the AP:

Why would you think that?

[Thomas Schoene]

Bob's Your Uncle wrote:
> "Mike Weeks" < wrote in message ...
>> This may be of some interest. From the AP:
>
> Why would you think that?

Because of this bit at the end:

"He also wrote several books on aviation and aerial warfare including the
four-volume series "Airwar" and two pictorial histories of World Wars I and
II."

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[Chad Irby]

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"Thomas Schoene" > wrote:

> Bob's Your Uncle wrote:
> > "Mike Weeks" < wrote in message ...
> >> This may be of some interest. From the AP:
> >
> > Why would you think that?
>
> Because of this bit at the end:
>
> "He also wrote several books on aviation and aerial warfare including
> the four-volume series "Airwar" and two pictorial histories of World
> Wars I and II."

The "Airwar" books were great. One of my first aviation book buys
(Military Book Club), many years ago.

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[Krztalizer]

>...
>> This may be of some interest. From the AP:
>
>Why would you think that?

Because every kid in America that grew up wanting to fly in the last forty
years has/had the "Airwar" books.

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[Kevin Brooks]

"Krztalizer" > wrote in message
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> >...
> >> This may be of some interest. From the AP:
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> >Why would you think that?
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> Because every kid in America that grew up wanting to fly in the last forty
> years has/had the "Airwar" books.

IMO, his best book was "Flying Fortress".

Brooks
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[Mike Weeks]

>From: "Bob's Your Uncle"
>Date: 2/13/2004 18:51 Pacific Standard Time

>"Mike Weeks" < wrote in message ...
>> This may be of some interest. From the AP:
>
>Why would you think that?

I assume you now know why it might ... <g>

MW

[Steve Hix]

In article >,
"Bob's Your Uncle" > wrote:

> "Mike Weeks" < wrote in message ...
> > This may be of some interest. From the AP:
>
> Why would you think that?

Never read any of Jablonski's aviation-related books?

It seems pretty clear that whoever wrote the obit hadn't.

[Mike Weeks]

>From: Steve Hix
>Date: 2/14/2004 15:11 Pacific Standard Time

>In article >,
> "Bob's Your Uncle" > wrote:
>
>> "Mike Weeks" < wrote in message ...
>> > This may be of some interest. From the AP:
>>
>> Why would you think that?
>
>Never read any of Jablonski's aviation-related books?
>
>It seems pretty clear that whoever wrote the obit hadn't.

The Sat. edition of the L.A. Times has a more detailed obit. At least here the
opening para mentions what's of most interest to the NG:

"Edward Jablonski, a noted biographer of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and
other composers, who also was well known for his books on aviation and aerial
warfare, has died. He was 81."

Later there's this detail:

<start>
But aviation, particularly aerial warfare, vied with music for Jablonski's
attention as a writer.

Among his more than two dozen books, 17 dealt with aviation, most notably
"Flying Fortress: The Illustrated Biographies of the B-17s and the Men Who Flew
Them" (1965), the four-volume "Airwar" (1971-72) and "Doolittle: A Biography,"
with Lowell Jackson Thomas (1976).

"My war books have dual messages: the heroism of the men who were involved in
them and the eventual nonconclusive results of war," Jablonski told an
interviewer in 1986. "Aviation makes possible the most deadly form of warfare
ever -- the perversion of one of man's greatest inventions."
<end>

MW