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Who was Louis Armstrong?
- Title
- Who was Louis Armstrong? / by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by John O'Brien.
- Author
- McDonough, Yona Zeldis.
- Publication
- New York : Grosset & Dunlap, ©2004.
- Supplementary Content
- Publisher description
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | Sc D 06-1016 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 106 pages : illustrations; 20 cm.
- Summary
- A product of the rough New Orleans neighborhood known as Storyville, young Louis Armstrong may never have become a musician had it not been for a stint in reform school. But it was his passion and genius that made Armstrong into a an American jazz legend. Illustrations.
- Series Statement
- Who was--?
- Uniform Title
- Who was-- .
- Subjects
- Jazz musicians
- African American jazz musicians
- Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
- United States
- Juvenile works
- JUVENILE NONFICTION > Music
- Jazz
- Musicians
- Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 > Juvenile literature
- African American jazz musicians > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Biographies
- African Americans > Biography
- JUVENILE NONFICTION > People & Places > United States > African American
- Jazz musicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Biography
- JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Juvenile works.
- Jazz.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-104).
- Contents
- Who was Louis Armstrong? -- A rough and tumble start -- A home away from home -- Making music -- King of jazz -- Ups and downs -- A question of color -- Hello and good-bye.
- Call Number
- Sc D 06-1016
- ISBN
- 0448433680
- 9780448433684
- 0448435608
- 9780448435602
- 1442079150
- 9781442079151
- LCCN
- 2003024471
- OCLC
- 54356418
- Author
- McDonough, Yona Zeldis.
- Title
- Who was Louis Armstrong? / by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by John O'Brien.
- Imprint
- New York : Grosset & Dunlap, ©2004.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Who was--?Who was-- .
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-104).
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- O'Brien, John, 1953- illustrator.Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 06-1016JMD 06-801