What a Life!: The Autobiography of Pesach'ke Burstein, Yiddish Matinee Idol, by Pesach'ke Burstein textbook-shipeasy His many clients included Hannah

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What a Life!: The Autobiography of Pesach'ke Burstein, Yiddish Matinee Idol, by Pesach'ke Burstein textbook-shipeasy His many clients included HannahPesach Bursrein, an old trouper from the Yiddish theater, recalls dramas both onstage and off in this memoir, which he dictated to his wife, Lillian Lux Burstein. The Story of Burstein's successful stage career is played out against the background of political turmoil in Europe, vignettes of life in small towns and big cities, friendships and rivalries among theater folk, family life, emigration to the United States, and tours through Europe, South