Larry Tye
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of three revolutionary American musicians, the maestro jazzmen who orchestrated the chords that throb at the soul of twentieth-century America. Duke Ellington, the grandson of slaves who was christened Edward Kennedy Ellington, was a man whose story is as layered and nuanced as his name suggests and whose music transcended category. Louis Daniel Armstrong was born in a New Orleans slum so tough it was called The Battlefield and,...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
The author presents a revealing portrait of a man who, more than any other, defined and personified public relations - a profession that today helps shape our political discourse and steer our commercial choices. Drawing on interviews with primary sources and voluminous private papers, this fascinating book tells of Bernay's great campaigns, including his precedent-setting work for the American Tobacco Company that helped convince a generation of...