Nat King Cole [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
Epstein, Daniel Mark
From Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since March 20, 2019
From Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since March 20, 2019
About this Item
As new condition cream boards, cream cloth spine, and gold front cover and spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Daniel Mark Epstein; Author Dedication; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and a section of black-and-white photographic plates. "Having read Nat King Cole and having had the pleasure of knowing and working with Nat . I know it just doesn't get any better than that." -- George Shearing, from the rear outer jacket. "When he died in 1965, at age forty-five, Nat King Cole was already a musical legend. As famous as Frank Sinatra, he had sold more records than anyone but Bing Crosby. Written with the narrative pacing of a novel, this absorbing biography traces Cole's rise to fame, from boy-wonder jazz genius to megastar in a racist society. Danile Mark Epstein brings Cole and his times to vivid life: his precocious entrance onto the vibrant jazz scene of his hometown, Chicago; the creation of his Trio and their rise to fame; the crossover success of such songs as "Straighten Up and Fly Right"' and his years as a pop singer and television star, the first Africcan-American to have his own show. Epstein examines Cole's insistence on changing society through his art rather than political activism, the romantic love story of Cole and Maria Ellington, and Cole's famous and influential image of calm, poise, and elegance, which concealed the personal turmoil and anxiety that undermined his health." -- from the inner front jacket flap. Seller Inventory # 007226
Bibliographic Details
Title: Nat King Cole [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: As New
Edition: 1st Edition
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