 A
combination biography and cultural analysis by the author of A Drinking Life
(1993). In Hamill's view, Frank Sinatra was important for two reasons. First, Frank
Sinatra represented the fulfillment of the American Dream. A first-generation Italian,
young Sinatra experienced anti-immigrant biases firsthand. Yet for all its flaws, America
still offered substantial opportunity, and by the time he was 15, Frank Sinatra dreamed of
singing professionally. Of course, he accomplished this and more, but throughout,... read more |