{"product_id":"9780393344240","title":"Louis Armstrong's New Orleans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The best book ever produced about Louis Armstrong by anyone other than the man himself.\"—Terry Teachout, \u003cem\u003eCommentary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the early twentieth century, New Orleans was a place of colliding identities and histories, and Louis Armstrong was a gifted young man of psychological nimbleness. A dark-skinned, impoverished child, he grew up under low expectations, Jim Crow legislation, and vigilante terrorism. Yet he also grew up at the center of African American vernacular traditions from the Deep South, learning the ecstatic music of the Sanctified Church, blues played by street musicians, and the plantation tradition of ragging a tune.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eLouis Armstrong's New Orleans\u003c\/em\u003e interweaves a searching account of early twentieth-century New Orleans with a narrative of the first twenty-one years of Armstrong's life. Drawing on a stunning body of first-person accounts, this book tells the rags-to-riches tale of Armstrong's early life and the social and musical forces that shaped him. The city and the musician are both extraordinary, their relationship unique, and their impact on American culture incalculable.\u003cbr\u003e Some images in this ebook are not displayed owing to permissions issues.","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104750190832,"sku":"9780393344240","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393344240_p0.jpg?v=1763697333","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393344240","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}