In this exuberant sequel to his prize-winning "The Jazz Age", Arnold Shaw captures virtually every aspect of popular music during the Depression. From Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" to Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", from Woody Guthrie to Ethel Merman, and from the Carioca to the Lindy Hop, here is an affectionate and informative account of this golden era of popular song.
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In this exuberant sequel to his prize-winning "The Jazz Age", Arnold Shaw captures virtually every aspect of popular music during the Depression. From Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" to Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", from Woody Guthrie to Ethel Merman, and from the Carioca to the Lindy Hop, here is an affectionate and informative account of this golden era of popular song.
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VG in VG jacket. Not ex-lib. Hardcover with violet paper boards and brown quarter-cloth, in brown illustrated jacket, 8vo. xiii + 241pp. Indices, lists in appendices. Fine/VG. Book has compliments bookplate from Arnold Shaw Research Center (UNLV) to mid ffep. Else as new: clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket has light abrasion along upper front edge and tip of upper rear coener. Ekse clean and strongly colored. jacket in Brodart.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Octavo. 241pp. Edited by Bill Willard. Near fine with a few faint stains along the page edges in a near fine dustwrapper with some rubbing and edge wear.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book First edition, first printing, hardcover. xii, 241 pages. Foreword. Preface. Contents. Appendices. Index. Index of Songs. Near fine with head of spine lightly bumped, in a fine dust jacket with light rubbing to rear panel. Not price-clipped. Mylar cover on jacket. NOT ex-library. NOT a remainder. "Here is a colorful year-by-year chronicle of music in the '30s, blended with chapters on broader topics-the jazz clubs on Swing Street, the Big Band boom-and spiced with interviews with major figures (such as Burton Lane and Lionel Hampton), who bring a vibrant first-hand feel to the narrative."