| Beale Street Dynasty: Sex, Song, and the Struggle for the Soul of Memphis Contributor(s): Lauterbach, Preston (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393352137 ISBN-13: 9780393352139 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | African American - Music | Genres & Styles - Blues |
| Dewey: 976.819 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.70 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Geographic Orientation - Tennessee - Locality - Memphis, Tennessee - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Between Reconstruction and Prohibition, Beale Street in Memphis thrived as a strip with a unique soul that reshaped American culture. Preston Lauterbach recounts the rise and fall of Beale Street through the life of the South's first black millionaire, an ex-slave who built an underworld dynasty in the booming river town and created a space for black culture to flourish. A thrilling narrative history, Beale Street Dynasty tells an intriguing, previously unknown story about race in an American city. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lauterbach, Preston: - Preston Lauterbach is the author of Bluff City, Beale Street Dynasty, and The Chitlin Circuit, a Wall Street Journal and Boston Globe book of the year. He is a former visiting scholar at Rhodes College and a Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Fellow. He lives near Charlottesville, Virginia. |