Billie Holiday - The Musician and The Myth

Szwed, John
2015. Viking Books , New York, United States

Drawing on a large amount of new material that had surfaced by the end of the last century, the author is able to strip away much of the accumulation of myth, looking instead at Holiday's great qualities not always acknowledged even in her controversial autobiography "Lady Sings The Blues".Her story deals with arguably the most remarkable and influential career in 20th Century popular music.

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Specifications

Author Szwed, John
Publisher Viking Books
Place Published New York, United States
Year Published 2015
Date of First Edition
or Edition Notes
2015
Size 8vo - Octavo, 152mm x 229mm
Chapters VIII
Pages 230pp

Condition Report

Cover Hardcover with brown boards and dust wrapper in excellent condition protected by clear archival covering.
Overall Text in likewise as-new condition.