Teacher Resources

I recommend the following resources for a more in-depth look at Frank Sinatra, American identity, and the World War II home front.

Essential tool:

Kuntz, T. & Kuntz, P. (2000). The Sinatra Files. New York: Three Rivers Press.

This is a more accessible way to read the FBI files.

Additionally:

Blau, Eleanor. (1991, July 23). Earl Robinson, 81, a Composer Of Labor Movement
     Songs, Dies.  New York Times.

Brinkley, A. (2003). American History: A Survey. Boston: McGraw Hill.

 

Diggins, J. (December 1967). The Italo-American Anti-Fascist Opposition. The

    Journal of American History, 54(3), 579-598.

 

Friedwald, W. (1995). Sinatra! The Song is You. New York: Scribner.

 

Frontani, M. (2005). From the Bottom to the Top:’ Frank Sinatra, the American Myth of Success, and the Italian-American Image. The Journal of American Culture. 20(2),  217- 230.

 

Green, P. & Holli, M. (2003). Chicago, World War II: Images of America. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing.

 

Kelley, K. (1986). His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra. Toronto: Bantam Books.

 

Litoff, J.B. & Smith, D. (1995). Since You Went Away: World War II Letters from              American Women on the Home Front. Lawrence: University of Kansas.

 

Meyer, Gerald. (2002). Frank Sinatra: The Popular Front and an American Icon. Science and Society, 66(3), 311-335.

 

Mills, M. (2007). The Tragedy of Albert Maltz. Retrieved November 29 from

     http://www.moderntimes.com/maltz/.
 

Sinatra, Frank. (1943). Stardust. Retrieved November 26 from http://www.youtube. 

     com/watch?v=NlujPZ64ZvI.

 

Sullivan, R. (1998). Remembering Sinatra. New York: Time Inc.

 

Summers, A. & Swan, R. (2005). Sinatra: The Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

 

Takaki, R. (2001). Double Victory: A Multicultural History of World War II. First Bay Back.

 

Williams, P. (1994). Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra: The Song Is You. New York: BMG Music.

 

Zehme, B. (1999). The Way You Wear Your Hat. New York: Harper Perennial Publishers.