John Mccusker: 3 books
Creole Trombone
Kid Ory and the Early Years of Jazz
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Edward "Kid" Ory (1886-1973) was a trombonist, composer, recording artist, and early New Orleans jazz band leader. Creole Trombone tells his story from birth on a rural sugar cane plantation in a French-speaking, ethnically mixed family, to his emergence in New Orleans as the city's hottest band leader....
Creole Trombone
Kid Ory and the Early Years of Jazz
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Edward "Kid" Ory (1886-1973) was a trombonist, composer, recording artist, and early New Orleans jazz band leader. Creole Trombone tells his story from birth on a rural sugar cane plantation in a French-speaking, ethnically mixed family, to his emergence in New Orleans as the city's hottest...
by John J. McCusker, Russell R. Menard
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
By the American Revolution, the farmers and city-dwellers of British America had achieved, individually and collectively, considerable prosperity. The nature and extent of that success are still unfolding. In this first comprehensive assessment of where research on prerevolutionary economy stands,...