A full-scale portrait of the prolific and acclaimed composer in honor of the centenary of his birth details his childhood and youth, his musical education, his collaborations with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein, his own sometimes turbulent personal life, his forty-nine-year marriage to Dorothy Feiner, and the remarkable body of his musical work. 25,000 first printing.A portrait of the composer behind such Broadway musicals as "Oklahoma!," "South Pacific," and "The King and I" describes his childhood, his collaboration with Lorenz Hart, his musical success with Oscar Hammerstein, and personal struggles.
