Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009-12-02. Paperback. Like New. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. Houghton Mifflin; NY, 2009. Advance Reader's Edition. Trade paperback format. Signed. Fine in wraps. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. 8vo[octavo or aprx 6 x 9], 452pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

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Louis Armstrong was the greatest jazz musician of the twentieth century and a giant of modern American culture. He knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts, wrote the finest of all jazz autobiographies - without a collaborator - and created collages that have been compared to the art of Romare Bearden. The ranks of his admirers included Johnny Cash, Jackson Pollock and Orson Welles. 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 a cache of important new sources unavailable to previous Armstrong biographers, including hundreds of private recordings of backstage and after-hours conversations that Armstrong made throughout the second half of his life, to craft a sweeping new narrative biography of this towering figure that shares full, accurate versions of such storied events as Armstrong's decision to break up his big band and his quarrel with President Eisenhower for the first time. Certain to be the definitive word on Armstrong for our generation, Pops paints a gripping portrait of the man, his world and his music that will stand alongside Gary Giddins' Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams and Peter Guralnick's Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley as a classic biography of a major American musician.

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Bookseller: Lavendier Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: SKU1009050
Title: Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
Author: Teachout, Terry
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: New Like New
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0151010897
ISBN 13: 9780151010899
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 2009-12-02
Size: 6x1x9
X weight: 23 oz

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