| Who Was Louis Armstrong? Contributor(s): McDonough, Yona Zeldis (Author), Who Hq (Author), O'Brien, John (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0448433680 ISBN-13: 9780448433684 Publisher: Penguin Workshop OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Music - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Juvenile Nonfiction | Music - Jazz |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003024471 |
| Lexile Measure: 780 |
| Series: Who Was? |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5.36" W x 7.64" (0.26 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 85429 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville. But it was Louis Armstrong's own passion and genius that pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life spanned a critical time in American music as well as black history. |