| Who Was Louis Armstrong? Contributor(s): McDonough, Yona Zeldis (Author), O'Brien, John (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0756931207 ISBN-13: 9780756931209 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $15.60 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: January 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Music - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Juvenile Nonfiction | Music - Jazz |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 780 |
| Series: Who Was...? |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 7.6" (0.45 lbs) 106 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 85429 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifsa 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 Armstrongas 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. |