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1. Cover image for 'Jackie Ormes'
The First African American Woman Cartoonist
Nancy Goldstein
Now in paperback—the biography of a pioneering woman artist and the characters she created
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Paper 2019 $24.95 Available Add Paper for "Jackie Ormes" to Cart
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The Rise and Fall of Michigan's Mormon King
Don Faber
The extraordinary life of one of the Mormon church’s early leaders
 
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Paper 2016 $28.95 Available Add Paper for "James Jesse Strang" to Cart
Ebook 2016 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "James Jesse Strang"
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The Rise and Fall of Michigan's Mormon King
Don Faber
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Paper 2016 $28.95 Available Add Paper for "James Jesse Strang" to Cart
Ebook 2016 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "James Jesse Strang"
3. Cover image for 'Music Is My Life'
Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
Daniel Stein
A groundbreaking study of Louis Armstrong’s autobiographical practices
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Paper 2012 $46.95 Available Add Paper for "Music Is My Life" to Cart
Hardcover 2012 $94.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Music Is My Life" to Cart
Ebook 2012 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Music Is My Life"
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Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
Daniel Stein
A groundbreaking study of Louis Armstrong’s autobiographical practices
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Paper 2012 $46.95 Available Add Paper for "Music Is My Life" to Cart
Hardcover 2012 $94.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Music Is My Life" to Cart
Ebook 2012 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Music Is My Life"
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Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
Daniel Stein
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Paper 2012 $46.95 Available Add Paper for "Music Is My Life" to Cart
Hardcover 2012 $94.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Music Is My Life" to Cart
Ebook 2012 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Music Is My Life"
4. Cover image for 'Elly Peterson'
"Mother" of the Moderates
Sara Fitzgerald
The life and political history of a woman who broke gender barriers in the Republican party—and later threw her support to a Democrat
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Paper 2012 $26.95 Available Add Paper for "Elly Peterson" to Cart
Ebook 2011 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Elly Peterson"
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"Mother" of the Moderates
Sara Fitzgerald
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Paper 2012 $26.95 Available Add Paper for "Elly Peterson" to Cart
Ebook 2011 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Elly Peterson"
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One Man's Mission to Find Missing Airmen in Two World Wars
Blaine Pardoe
The first biography of the man who created the way we look for airmen downed in combat behind enemy lines
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Hardcover 2010 $32.50 Available Add Hardcover for "Lost Eagles" to Cart
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One Man's Mission to Find Missing Airmen in Two World Wars
Blaine Pardoe
The first biography of the man who created the way we look for airmen downed in combat behind enemy lines
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Hardcover 2010 $32.50 Available Add Hardcover for "Lost Eagles" to Cart
Ebook 2011 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Lost Eagles"
6. Cover image for 'Rhythm Is Our Business'
Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express
Eddy Determeyer

The life and times of famed band leader, entrepreneur, and entertainer Jimmie Lunceford

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Paper 2008 $26.95 Available Add Paper for "Rhythm Is Our Business" to Cart
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Rhythm Is Our Business"
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Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express
Eddy Determeyer

The life and times of famed band leader, entrepreneur, and entertainer Jimmie Lunceford

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Paper 2008 $26.95 Available Add Paper for "Rhythm is Our Business" to Cart
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Rhythm is Our Business"
7. Cover image for 'Someone to Watch Over Me'
The Life and Music of Ben Webster
Frank Büchmann-Møller

The definitive biography of the great tenor saxophonist Ben Webster

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Paper 2008 $27.95 Available Add Paper for "Someone to Watch Over Me" to Cart
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Someone to Watch Over Me"
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The Life and Music of Ben Webster
Frank Büchmann-Møller

The definitive biography of the great tenor saxophonist Ben Webster

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Paper 2008 $27.95 Available Add Paper for "Someone to Watch Over Me" to Cart
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Someone to Watch Over Me"
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The Life and Music of Lee Morgan
Jeffery S. McMillan
The story of one of the most individual jazz stylists of his time
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Paper 2008 $28.95 Available Add Paper for "Delightfulee" to Cart
Hardcover 2008 $89.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Delightfulee" to Cart
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The Life and Music of Lee Morgan
Jeffery S. McMillan
The story of one of the most individual jazz stylists of his time
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Paper 2008 $28.95 Available Add Paper for "Delightfulee" to Cart
Hardcover 2008 $89.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Delightfulee" to Cart
9. Cover image for 'Lennie Tristano'
His Life in Music
Eunmi Shim
The first biography of one of the most influential but unheralded musicians in jazz history
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Hardcover 2007 $49.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Lennie Tristano" to Cart
10. Cover image for 'Mary Schafer, American Quilt Maker'
Gwen Marston
The story of the woman who helped create the modern American quilting revival
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Paper 2004 $24.95 Available Add Paper for "Mary Schafer, American Quilt Maker" to Cart
11. Cover image for 'When Romeo Was a Woman'
Charlotte Cushman and Her Circle of Female Spectators
Lisa Merrill
Examines the life of the androgynous nineteenth-century American actress and her work on the Anglo-American stage
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Paper 2000 $36.95 Available Add Paper for "When Romeo Was a Woman" to Cart
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