Louis Armstrong's New Orleans
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Book Description
The richly evocative tale of a musician, his city, and the origins of jazz.
In the early twentieth century, New Orleans was a place of colliding identities and histories, and Louis Armstrong was a gifted young man of psychological nimbleness. A dark-skinned, impoverished child, he grew up under low expectations, Jim Crow legislation, and vigilante terrorism. Yet he also grew up at th... More
In the early twentieth century, New Orleans was a place of colliding identities and histories, and Louis Armstrong was a gifted young man of psychological nimbleness. A dark-skinned, impoverished child, he grew up under low expectations, Jim Crow legislation, and vigilante terrorism. Yet he also grew up at th... More
Book Information
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Binding | Hardcover (6 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 336 |
ISBN-10 | 0393061094 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0393061093 |
Publication Date | 03/20/2006 |
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