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Edward Jablonski (March 1, 1922 – February 10, 2004) 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.[1]
Early life
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.[2] 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 watching the planes at the James Clements Airport near the South End of Bay City.[3] Later on in his life, he became interested in aerial warfare. Telling an interviewer in 1986, "Aviation makes possible the most deadly form of warfare ever -- the perversion of one of man's greatest inventions."[4]
Military and writing career
He served in the United States Army Field Artillery in New Guinea during World War II. For his actions in New Guinea, he was awarded the Silver Star.
After leaving the army, he attended junior college in Bay City as a pre-journalism major. He continued his studies at the New School for Social Research, receiving his bachelor's in 1950. He also completed postgraduate work in anthropology at Columbia.[5]
In 1949, Jablonski and Template:Ill co-founded Walden Records. The company was a short-lived recording studio in New York City that specialized in American pop music.
While working for the March of Dimes charity in New York, Jablonski wrote articles and music reviews for a number of small magazines as well as liner notes for albums; this was the beginning of a fifty-year freelance career.[4]
At the time of his death, he was working on Masters of American Song, which would have been a comprehensive history of American pop music.
Works
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- Harold Arlen. Northeastern University Press. 1996. ISBN 1-55553-263-2
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Legacy
His book collection is held by the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in Chicago, Illinois.
References
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- 1922 births
- 2004 deaths
- American male biographers
- American writers about music
- American historians
- 20th-century American historians
- American military writers
- American military historians
- American aviation historians
- American aviation writers
- American people of Polish descent
- 20th-century American biographers
- 20th-century American male writers
- American expatriates in Papua New Guinea
- United States Army personnel of World War II