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Blowin' the blues away performance and meaning on the New York jazz scene / by Jackson, Travis A.

Table of Contents: “…Scenes in the city -- pt. 3. Blowin' the blues away.…”
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Blue-collar Broadway : the craft and industry of American theater / by White, Timothy R.

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Blowin' the blues away performance and meaning on the New York jazz scene / by Jackson, Travis A.

Table of Contents: “…Scenes in the city -- pt. 3. Blowin' the blues away.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Blue-collar Broadway : the craft and industry of American theater / by White, Timothy R.

An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Here comes the night : the dark soul of Bert Berns and the dirty business of rhythm & blues / by Selvin, Joel

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Here comes the night : the dark soul of Bert Berns and the dirty business of rhythm & blues / by Selvin, Joel

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The price of honor the life and times of George Brinton McClellan, Jr. / by Mulrine, M. Barbara, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Beginnings, 1865-895 -- The Halls of Congress, 1895-903 -- The initiation, 1903-904 -- Hizzoner, the mayor, 1905 -- Disputed territory, 1906 -- Bonds, borough presidents, blue laws, 1907 -- A rightful claim, 1908 -- Racing to the wire, 1909 -- Into oblivion, 1910-928 -- Elder statesman, 1929-940 --.…”
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The price of honor the life and times of George Brinton McClellan, Jr. / by Mulrine, M. Barbara, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Beginnings, 1865-895 -- The Halls of Congress, 1895-903 -- The initiation, 1903-904 -- Hizzoner, the mayor, 1905 -- Disputed territory, 1906 -- Bonds, borough presidents, blue laws, 1907 -- A rightful claim, 1908 -- Racing to the wire, 1909 -- Into oblivion, 1910-928 -- Elder statesman, 1929-940 --.…”
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Bulldaggers, Pansies, and Chocolate Babies : Performance, Race, and Sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance / by Wilson, James F.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "It's getting dark on old Broadway" -- "Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer": parties, performances, and privacy in the "other" Harlem Renaissance(s) -- "Harlem on my mind": New York's black belt on the Great White Way -- "That's the kind of gal I am": drag balls, "sexual perversion," and David Belasco's Lulu Belle -- "Hottentot potentates": the potent and hot performances of Florence Mills and Ethel Waters -- "In my well of loneliness": Gladys Bentley's Bulldykin' blues -- Conclusion: "you've seen Harlem at its best".…”
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Bulldaggers, Pansies, and Chocolate Babies : Performance, Race, and Sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance / by Wilson, James F.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "It's getting dark on old Broadway" -- "Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer": parties, performances, and privacy in the "other" Harlem Renaissance(s) -- "Harlem on my mind": New York's black belt on the Great White Way -- "That's the kind of gal I am": drag balls, "sexual perversion," and David Belasco's Lulu Belle -- "Hottentot potentates": the potent and hot performances of Florence Mills and Ethel Waters -- "In my well of loneliness": Gladys Bentley's Bulldykin' blues -- Conclusion: "you've seen Harlem at its best".…”
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