PositiveThe New York Times Book ReviewStern...doesn’t flinch from the flaws and failures behind that gruff visage and Moses beard ... Stern’s book is thoroughly researched and her prose lump-free. She clearly stayed up late doing her homework. (How the hell did she ever dig up the fact that Hirschfeld not only played semipro baseball early in his New York days, but did so alongside Lou Gehrig?) Good for her, good for Al Hirschfeld, of whom there will never be another.
