In Search of America

A series of essays on aspects of American history and culture, encompassing History (The American Revolution; Nation of Immigrants); Literature (The Great American Novel; The Detective Novel); Art (American Modern); Music (All That Jazz; Ten Decades of Popular Music); and Film (The Hollywood Musical; Through the Lens-Westerns; Comedies; The Art of Alfred Hitchcock). Dr. Wenk has pursued careers as a musicologist, calculus teacher, and psychotherapist. He has published books on music history and bibliography, choral conducting, bookstores, western culture, and a series of mystery novellas with a musicologist as sleuth.