Beale Street Dynasty: Sex, Song, and the Struggle for the Soul of Memphis
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Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393352139ISBN-10:393352137UPC:9780393352139Book Category:History, MusicBook Subcategory:United States, African American & Black, Genres & StylesBook Topic:State & Local, BluesSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCS8BEKXWK
Beale Street Dynasty: Sex, Song, and the Struggle for the Soul of Memphis
Between Reconstruction and Prohibition, Beale Street in Memphis thrived as a strip with a unique soul that reshaped American culture. Preston Lauterbach recounts the rise and fall of Beale Street through the life of the South's first black millionaire, an ex-slave who built an underworld dynasty in the booming river town and created a space for black culture to flourish. A thrilling narrative...
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393352139ISBN-10:393352137UPC:9780393352139Book Category:History, MusicBook Subcategory:United States, African American & Black, Genres & StylesBook Topic:State & Local, BluesSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCS8BEKXWK
Lauterbach, Preston: - Preston Lauterbach is the author of Bluff City, Beale Street Dynasty, The Chitlin' Circuit, a Wall Street Journal and Boston Globe book of the year, and co-author of Brother Johnson: Growing Up with Robert Johnson. He is a former visiting scholar at Rhodes College and a Virginia Humanities Fellow. He lives in Virginia.
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