Esther Joyce Wasserman was the precocious, eldest daughter of Ukrainian and Belarussian immigrants who settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the turn of the last century. She began studying violin at a young age and debuted nationwide before she was even ten years old, going on to enjoy an internationally-recognized career as a soloist. While Esther played at Carnegie Hall, Radio City, and in many other great concert houses of the United States, her...