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Cecil Brown
It's the birth year of Ragtime music, 1895, and Lee "Stagolee" Shelton, a St. Louis pimp, murders Billy Lyons, a political gang member. Afterwards, Stagolee makes a deal with Judge Murphy to bring order to the underworld. As a member of a group [... more]
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Wilfrid Sheed
With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty From Irving Berlin to Cy Coleman, from "Alexander's Ragtime Band" to "Big Spender," from Tin Pan Alley to the MGM soundstages, the Golden Age of the American song [... more]
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Alan Schroeder
Alan Schroeder, a lifelong admirer of Louis Armstrong, is the award-winning author of several picture books, including Lily and the Wooden Bowl, Minty, and Carolina Shout. His first book, Ragtime Tumpie, was chosen as an ALA Notable Book, a ... [... more]
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E.L. Doctorow
E. L. Doctorow's work has been published in thirty languages. His novels include Welcome to Hard Times, The Book of Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake, Lives of the Poets, World's Fair, Billy Bathgate,The Waterworks, and The March. Among his honors are ... [... more]
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Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin (1888-1989) was the most prolific songwriter of the twentieth century. He composed over twelve hundred songs, including "White Christmas," "Blue Skies," and "Alexander's Ragtime Band." "God Bless America& [... more]
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