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Young readers will root for Toni “Tomboy” Stone, the first woman (and the first Black woman) to break into professional baseball—taking over Hank Aaron’
The Swing Book
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Degen Pener
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-27 - Publisher: Hachette UK

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Ten years ago a revival of swing took place, originating in San Francisco, snowballing into today's international resurgence. This book presents the complete hi
Swinging in Place
Language: en
Pages: 212
Authors: Jocelyn Hazelwood Donlon
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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An appreciation of the significance of the porch in everyday life in the US South. It reveals that the porch is a stage for many social dramas, and it uses lite
Swing to Bop
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Ira Gitler
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 1985-11-07 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This indispensable book brings us face to face with some of the most memorable figures in jazz history and charts the rise and development of bop in the late 19
Swing Shift
Language: en
Pages: 428
Authors: Sherrie Tucker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Duke University Press

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The story, based on extensive individual interviews, of the women’s swing bands that toured extensively during World War II and after -- a kind of “League o