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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
ISBN-100448433680
ISBN-139780448433684
eBay Product ID (ePID)30484396
Product Key Features
Book TitleWho Was Louis Armstrong?
Number of Pages112 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMusic / General, People & Places / United States / African American, Biography & Autobiography / General, Music / Jazz, Biography & Autobiography / Music, Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage
Publication Year2004
IllustratorYes, O'brien, John
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorYona Zeldis Mcdonough, Who HQ
Book SeriesWho Was? Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight4.4 Oz
Item Length7.6 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2003-024471
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromThird Grade
Dewey Decimal781.65/092 B
Grade ToSeventh Grade
SynopsisIf not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville. But it was Louis Armstrong's own passion and genius that pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life spanned a critical time in American music as well as black history., If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs? Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville. But it was Louis Armstrong's own passion and genius that pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life spanned a critical time in American music as well as black history.