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Large print book

Pops : a life of Louis Armstrong

Call Number

  • LARGE TYPE 921 A736T (CEN)

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Edition

Large print ed.

Publication Information

Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2010.

Physical Description

809 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm.

Summary

Louis Armstrong was one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century and a giant of modern American culture. Offstage he was witty, introspective and unexpectedly complex, a beloved colleague with an explosive temper whose larger-than-life personality was tougher and more sharp-edged than his worshipping fans ever knew. Wall Street Journal arts columnist Terry Teachout has drawn on new sources unavailable to previous biographers, including hundreds of private recordings of backstage and after-hours conversations, to craft a sweeping new narrative biography of this towering figure that shares, for the first time, full, accurate versions of such storied events as Armstrong's quarrel with President Eisenhower and his decision to break up his big band.

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