Robert Gene Baker (27 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Bobby Baker was a small-town southern boy when he arrived in Washington in 1943, but he had a sure sense of political clout. He soon knew which senator wanted what done-almost before the senator knew himself. Senator Robert Kerr was the first instrument of Bobby Baker's rise. He found an even more powerful sponsor in Lyndon Johnson, and he rose with Johnson until no doors were closed to him. He tells here a unique insider's story of the always fascinating ways of power in the Congress of the United States.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Bobby Baker was a small-town southern boy when he arrived in Washington in 1943, but he had a sure sense of political clout. He soon knew which senator wanted what done-almost before the senator knew himself. Senator Robert Kerr was the first instrument of Bobby Baker's rise. He found an even more powerful sponsor in Lyndon Johnson, and he rose with Johnson until no doors were closed to him. He tells here a unique insider's story of the always fascinating ways of power in the Congress of the United States.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 300 pages. 8.80x6.00x0.80 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xiv, 233 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm. ISBN 9780520029996, 9780520037199, 0520029992, 0520037197 OCLC 3289253 LCCN 75007193 LC ML3561.J3 S39 Dewey 785.420973 ; gray cloth in pictorial dust jacket ; Contents: Preface / Chadwick Hansen -- Introductions -- Introducing the Jazz Record 1943 / Art Hodes -- Jazz Record: the first year, 1944 / Art Hodes and Dale Curran -- Jazz Record remembered, 1973 / Art Hodes -- Part 1: Facts Of Life / Art Hodes -- Rainbow cafe -- Everybody's in the union -- Playing for kicks -- Wingy, Louis and me -- Liberty Inn drag -- Jam session -- Cops -- Taxi dance hall -- Big bands: 1 -- Big bands: 2 -- Making a record -- Enlightenment-through radio -- Blues for Bennie -- Blues for the dago -- Blues for Nick and tricky Sam -- Blues for 52nd street -- Part 2: Beginnings-Blues, Boogie-Woogie And Ragtime -- Cow cow and the boogie-woogie / Cow Cow Davenport -- Mama don't low no music / Cow Cow Davenport -- Blues in his heart / Jasper Wood -- Rag alley story / Rudi Blesh -- Little brother / Eurreal Montgomery -- Preserve genuine early ragtime / S Brunson Campbell -- They all had it / S Brunson Campbell -- Scott Joplin / R J Carew -- Baby, I done got wise / William "Big Bill" Broonzy -- Memories of Bessie Smith / Carl Van Vechten -- Bessie Smith / Art Hodes -- Really the blues / Milton (Mezz) Mezzrow -- I remember the queen /Zutty Singleton -- Part 3: New Orleans And All That Jazz -- New Orleans trumpeters / Cy Shain -- Jazz music of the gay '90s / John A Provenzano -- Mardi Gras, chic la pai / John A Provenzano -- Mr Armstrong and Mr Robbins / transcribed by Lorraine Lion -- When Armstrong came to New York / Kaiser Marshall -- King Oliver's last tour / Fred Moore -- King's nephew / Dave Nelson, as related to Danny Barker -- Mostly about Morton / Omer Simeon -- Oh, Mr Jelly / Charles Edward Smith -- Oh, play that thing / Warren "Baby" Dodds -- Forty-eight years on the string bass / Pops Foster -- Blues for Jimmy / Vincent McHugh -- Tribute to Joe Darensbourg / John Wittwer -- Once upon a time / Eddie Edwards -- Kid Ory / Alma Hubner -- Letter from Bunk / Bunk Johnson -- Jam session with Bunk / Lewis Eaton -- Play number nine / George Lewis -- New Orleans trombone / Jim Robinson -- Big eye Louis Nelson / Robert Goffin -- Part 4: Second Line -- Baby Dodds knew how / George Wettling -- Drummer from Chicago / Earl Wiley -- Drummer Danny / Bob Aurthur -- Kazoo come on / Jack Bland -- As I knew Eddie Lang / Jack Bland -- Idyll of the kings / Amy Lee -- Riverboat Jess / Mary Peart -- Barrelhouse Frank Melrose / Pete Daily -- Davenport piano / Floyd Bean -- Portrait of George Bruni(e)s / Amy Lee -- Modest George / Harvey Lebow -- Bud Freeman said it / Jasper L Wood -- Pee Wee's soul is music / Alma Hubner -- Rod Cless as I knew him / Ray Cless -- Muggsy Spanier / Alma Hubner -- Hear that ragtime band / Dale Curran -- Wild William / Bob Aurthur -- Talking about boze / Mary Peart -- Dixieland, twin city style / Paul (Doc) Evans -- Gentleman of jazz / Fats Baker -- Music is a business / Fats Baker -- Village tavern league / George Avakian -- Musicians are independent / G F Quittner -- Part 5: Lest We Forget -- Gram-o-phone days / Dale Curran -- Recording with Panassie / Mezz Mezzrow -- I'm a sweet Papa Pigment / Alsion Blair -- St Louis Jazzman / Ed Crowder and A F Niemoeller -- Drums on the Mississippi / Harry Dial -- Everybody loves Cecil / H B M -- Music is my business / Henry Goodwin -- Fats Waller and James P / James McGraw -- Trouping with Fats Waller / Gene Sedric -- You got to be original, man / Allan Morrison -- Sidney Bechet, musical father to Bob Wilber / Al Avakian -- Selections from the gutter / Art Hodes ; FINE/FINE. Book.

Condition: acceptable. Cover is worn. Item has staining. Binding is split. Hardcover.

Paperback. Condition: New. Bobby Baker was a small-town southern boy when he arrived in Washington in 1943, but he had a sure sense of political clout. He soon knew which senator wanted what done-almost before the senator knew himself. Senator Robert Kerr was the first instrument of Bobby Baker's rise. He found an even more powerful sponsor in Lyndon Johnson, and he rose with Johnson until no doors were closed to him. He tells here a unique insider's story of the always fascinating ways of power in the Congress of the United States.

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tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Literatura en lengua inglesa (820(73)-32"19") Robinbook. Barcelona. 1991. 22 cm. 317 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Colección 'Terror'. Kathryn Cramer y Peter D. Pautz (compiladores) ; traducción de Josep Rovira. Traducción de: The architecture of fear. Rovira Sánchez, José. Terror (Robin book) . Cubierta deslucida. ISBN: 8479270187 (=3215942=) LF164.

Paperback. Condition: New. Bobby Baker was a small-town southern boy when he arrived in Washington in 1943, but he had a sure sense of political clout. He soon knew which senator wanted what done-almost before the senator knew himself. Senator Robert Kerr was the first instrument of Bobby Baker's rise. He found an even more powerful sponsor in Lyndon Johnson, and he rose with Johnson until no doors were closed to him. He tells here a unique insider's story of the always fascinating ways of power in the Congress of the United States.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Muy Bueno. 1Ş Edición. Encuadernación de tapa blanda. RUSTICA ILUSTRADA CON SOLAPAS. Español.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Bobby Baker was a small-town southern boy when he arrived in Washington in 1943, but he had a sure sense of political clout. He soon knew which senator wanted what donealmost before the senator knew himself. Senator Robert Kerr was the first instrument of Bobby Bakers rise. He found an even more powerful sponsor in Lyndon Johnson, and he rose with Johnson until no doors were closed to him. He tells here a unique insiders story of the always fascinating ways of power in the Congress of the United States. What historians may perhaps find most useful in [Bakers] book is his characterization of the two men he served most intimatelyLyndon Johnson and Robert Kerr. The portrait of Mr. Johnson is pungent, complete with a plausible reconstruction of the great Texans earthy table talk. Arthur Schlesinger, New York Times Book Review This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Grossman, Robert: Mitchell, Jack; Zabala, Teresa; Maggio,Gene; Charles, Don Hogan; King, Bill; Bergman, Beth; Mackay, Donald (illustrator). First Edition. 72 pages. Features: John Newcombe fashion ad; A Proposal for a Palestinian State - article with map and photos; Solving the Mysteries of Pain; Opera singer Shirley Verrett Gambles on Superstardom - article with photo; Congress or Jimmy Carter - Who's in Charge?; All about the Queen - on her Silver Jubilee; Unbuilt Buidings - they exist only in models, drawings, archives and designer's fantasies - great illustrated architecture article; Calvin Klein's Romantic Season - fashion article with nice photos, including Klein with his business partner Barry Schwartz. Neat library stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The New York Times Magazine, January (Jan.) 30, 1977 - Proposal for a Palestinian State Israel Middle-east John Newcombe fashion ad; A Proposal for a Palestinian State - article with map and photos; Solving the Mysteries of Pain; Opera singer Shirley Ver.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Harris, G.; Zabala, Teresa; Strick, David; Mesaros, Ron;Hinman, Chauncey T.; Mander, Raymond; Braun, Werner; Downey, Marjorie (illustrator). First Edition. 112 pages. Features: The Hodding Carters - Working for decades in the intransigent heartland of the South, they dedicated themselves and their newspaper to exposing the cruelties and injustice around them and reaffirming the basic goodness of the South they loved - article with photos (including cover); New Battles Over School Budgets - landmark California decisioin affecting John Serrano; Ten Days That Shook Me Up in Russia - the tormented world of Soviet dissidents; "Dewar's Profiles" features David O. Hill, Wildlife Conservationist of New York City; Swept Away - people continue to build along coastal areas despite terrible storms and the damage they cause; Poirot's First Case - Agatha Christie describes how she created her first detective story, and her grandest sleuth, while surrounded by poisons; Fantastic two-page centerfold ad for Jovan fragrances; Photos of Nubby Knits; Throwing a Curve - John Saladino designed this curved apartment; Sexy color-photo ad for luxurious silk bikini panties by Macy's; A Mess of Mopeds; Toyota Celica ad on back cover. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The New York Times Magazine, September (Sept.) 18, 1977 - Hodding Carter Clan Cover Photo The Hodding Carters - Working for decades in the intransigent heartland of the South, they dedicated themselves and their newspaper to exposing the cruelties and i.

Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1940 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso and blind stamp at the bottom right corner relating to its censure in Denmark. Based on the 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes. A man takes a new job as a headmaster at Rugby School, where the students are notoriously difficult. Set in England. 8 x 10 inches. Good, with pin holes at the corners and one photograph with a small chip missing from the bottom left corner.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Bobby Baker was a small-town southern boy when he arrived in Washington in 1943, but he had a sure sense of political clout. He soon knew which senator wanted what donealmost before the senator knew himself. Senator Robert Kerr was the first instrument of Bobby Bakers rise. He found an even more powerful sponsor in Lyndon Johnson, and he rose with Johnson until no doors were closed to him. He tells here a unique insiders story of the always fascinating ways of power in the Congress of the United States. What historians may perhaps find most useful in [Bakers] book is his characterization of the two men he served most intimatelyLyndon Johnson and Robert Kerr. The portrait of Mr. Johnson is pungent, complete with a plausible reconstruction of the great Texans earthy table talk. Arthur Schlesinger, New York Times Book Review This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Bobby Baker was a small-town southern boy when he arrived in Washington in 1943, but he had a sure sense of political clout. He soon knew which senator wanted what donealmost before the senator knew himself. Senator Robert Kerr was the first instrument of Bobby Bakers rise. He found an even more powerful sponsor in Lyndon Johnson, and he rose with Johnson until no doors were closed to him. He tells here a unique insiders story of the always fascinating ways of power in the Congress of the United States. What historians may perhaps find most useful in [Bakers] book is his characterization of the two men he served most intimatelyLyndon Johnson and Robert Kerr. The portrait of Mr. Johnson is pungent, complete with a plausible reconstruction of the great Texans earthy table talk. Arthur Schlesinger, New York Times Book Review This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextBobby Baker was a small-town southern boy when he arrived in Washington in 1943, but he had a sure sense of political clout. He soon knew which senator wanted what done-almost before the senator knew himself. Senator Robert Ke.