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Author : Gary Giddins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Bing Crosby written by Gary Giddins and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gary Giddins
Publisher : Back Bay Books
ISBN 13 : 0316091561
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Bing Crosby written by Gary Giddins and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2009-11-29 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Bing Crosby's early days in college minstrel shows and vaudeville, to his first hit recordings, from his 11 year triumph as star of America's most popular radio show, to his first success in Hollywood, Gary Giddins provides a detailed study of the rise of this American star.
Author : Caresse Crosby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258483685
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (836 download)
Download or read book The Passionate Years written by Caresse Crosby and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ruth Prigozy
Publisher : University Rochester Press
ISBN 13 : 9781580462617
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (626 download)
Download or read book Going My Way written by Ruth Prigozy and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the singer/actor's art and of his centrality to the history of twentieth-century music, film, and the entertainment industry. It uses a range of perspectives to explore Crosby's achievements. It also includes tributes and reminiscences and explores his accomplishments as an actor, businessman, and radio and television performer.
Author : Malcolm Macfarlane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Bing Crosby written by Malcolm Macfarlane and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the life of Crosby, almost on a daily basis, and, with the aid of many contemporary reviews, produces an account of one of the most important show business figures of the twentieth century. A discography, a fact file and a large index, which picks up many other show biz icons, supplements this work.
Author : Gare Joyce
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 073523793X
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)
Download or read book Most Valuable written by Gare Joyce and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 National Bestseller This hockey generation's brightest talent has been plagued by concussions. Now, the very style of play that has brought Crosby such success may be heralding the end of his career. Sidney Crosby is arguably the best player ever to put on skates. You could argue that Bobby was better, or Wayne, or Gordie. But it would be hard to argue that any of those guys changed the game as much as Sid. No defenceman came along in Bobby's wake to play like him. There will never be another 99. But in Crosby's case, the entire league was re-made in his image. The game can be divided into two eras: before and after Sidney Crosby arrived in 2005, breaking Mario Lemieux's rookie scoring record. Says NHL star Matt Duchene, who entered the league in 2008, just three years after Crosby: "Just in the time that I was going from peewee and bantam to junior, there was a whole other game before and after. You didn't have a choice really--you had to adapt and adopt the way he did things or get left way behind." In an effort to keep up with Sid, the game changed. It's faster now, more skilled. There are more highlight-reel goals, and fewer fights. And in many ways, Crosby has thrived. Three Stanley Cups. Two Olympic gold medals. A World Cup. And enough individual trophies to fill a truck. But then, if Crosby hadn't changed the league, he might expect a longer career. Today, Sidney Crosby is the first generational superstar whose every shift could be his last. He invented a faster game, and the faster game has taken its toll on its creator. Crosby has suffered several concussions, and missed most of an entire season with symptoms. He plays the game fearlessly, but he also plays it without a bodyguard. The irony is that he created a league that made it harder for him to thrive. And the tragedy may be that he has created a league that will bring his career to an end in one fell swoop, in front of millions. Telling the story of a generational talent and the way he has revolutionized the game, Gare Joyce will also bring into focus crucial questions about the way the game is played today, assessing fighting and concussions in the light of the way these issues impinge on arguably the greatest player ever to skate.
Author : Matt Doeden
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1429676841
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)
Download or read book Sidney Crosby written by Matt Doeden and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2012 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Presents the athletic biography of Sidney Crosby, including his career as a high school and professional hockey player"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Jeff Savage
Publisher : LernerClassroom
ISBN 13 : 0761341390
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (613 download)
Download or read book Sidney Crosby written by Jeff Savage and published by LernerClassroom. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the life and accomplishments of the hockey star who was the number one draft pick for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2005.
Author : Fanny Crosby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fanny Crosby's Life-story written by Fanny Crosby and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoffrey Wolff
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 159017559X
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Black Sun written by Geoffrey Wolff and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2012-04-18 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes an afterword by the author. Harry Crosby was the godson of J. P. Morgan and a friend of Ernest Hemingway. Living in Paris in the twenties and directing the Black Sun Press, which published James Joyce among others, Crosby was at the center of the wild life of the lost generation. Drugs, drink, sex, gambling, the deliberate derangement of the senses in the pursuit of transcendent revelation: these were Crosby’s pastimes until 1929, when he shot his girlfriend, the recent bride of another man, and then himself. Black Sun is novelist and master biographer Geoffrey Wolff’s subtle and striking picture of a man who killed himself to make his life a work of art.
Author : Gary M. Pomerantz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451691629
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Their Life's Work written by Gary M. Pomerantz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from personal interviews with the players themselves, a chronicle of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, who won an unprecedented and unmatched four Super Bowls in six years.
Author : Gary Giddins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199879532
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book Visions of Jazz written by Gary Giddins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998-10-22 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poised to become a classic of jazz literature, Visions of Jazz: The First Century offers seventy-nine chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all the major figures in jazz history. From Louis Armstrong's renegade-style trumpet playing to Sarah Vaughan's operatic crooning, and from the swinging elegance of Duke Ellington to the pioneering experiments of Ornette Coleman, jazz critic Gary Giddins continually astonishes the reader with his unparalleled insight. Writing with the grace and wit that have endeared his prose to Village Voice readers for decades, Giddins also widens the scope of jazz to include such crucial American musicians as Irving Berlin, Rosemary Clooney, and Frank Sinatra, all primarily pop performers who are often dismissed by fans and critics as mere derivatives of the true jazz idiom. And he devotes an entire quarter of this landmark volume to young, still-active jazz artists, boldly expanding the horizons of jazz--and charting and exploring the music's influences as no other book has done.
Author : Edward Everett Hale
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1434476456
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (344 download)
Download or read book The Man Without a Country and Other Tales written by Edward Everett Hale and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories by Civil War-era author Hale, including a short fantasy entitled "My Double and How He Undid Me."
Author : Peter Doggett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501183044
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)
Download or read book CSNY written by Peter Doggett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging and illuminating biography focused on the formative and highly influential early years of “rock’s first supergroup” (Rolling Stone) Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young—when they were the most successful, influential, and politically potent band in America. After making their marks in popular bands such as the Hollies and the Byrds, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash released their first album in May 1969. By the time they arrived at Woodstock a few months later, Neil Young had joined their ranks and together, their transcendent harmonies and evocative lyrics channeled all the romantic idealism and radical angst of their time. Now, music journalist Peter Doggett chronicles these legendary musicians and the movement they came to represent at the height of their popularity and influence: 1969 to 1974. Based on interviews with the band and colleagues, along with exclusive access to CSNY’s archive, Doggett provides new insights into their incredible catalog, from their delicate acoustic confessionals like “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” to their timeless classics such as “Our House.” Doggett also uncovers plenty of new stories and perspectives on the four tenacious and volatile songwriters’ infamously reckless, hedonistic, and often combative lifestyles that led to their continuous breakups and behaviors—extreme even by rock star standards. “A must for CSNY fans and anyone who remembers the era when it ruled the pop charts” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), CSNY is a quintessential and definitive account of one of the biggest bands of the Woodstock generation.
Author : Robert McParland
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476674892
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's 50-Year Quest written by Robert McParland and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-05-17 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, with their distinct vocal harmonies, blending of rock, jazz, folk, and blues, and political and social activism, have remained one of the most enduring musical acts of the 1960s. This book examines their songs and themes, which continue to resonate with contemporary listeners, and argues that Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young reflect part of the broader story of American culture. This appreciative volume contextualizes their work within the political climate of the late 1960s, and makes the case that the values and concerns expressed in their music thread through the American experience today.
Author : Bing Crosby
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780306810879
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Call Me Lucky written by Bing Crosby and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2001-11-29 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reissued to coincide with the paperback publication of the definitive Bing biography by Gary Giddins, here is "a collection of anecdotes and reminiscences that is as warm and witty as any Crosby performance. [Bing] could have surely become a full-time writer had his schedule not been taken up with being one of the great entertainers of the century." -Will Friedwald
Author : Emilye Crosby
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 080787681X
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book A Little Taste of Freedom written by Emilye Crosby and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2006-05-26 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this long-term community study of the freedom movement in rural, majority-black Claiborne County, Mississippi, Emilye Crosby explores the impact of the African American freedom struggle on small communities in general and questions common assumptions that are based on the national movement. The legal successes at the national level in the mid 1960s did not end the movement, Crosby contends, but rather emboldened people across the South to initiate waves of new actions around local issues. Escalating assertiveness and demands of African Americans--including the reality of armed self-defense--were critical to ensuring meaningful local change to a remarkably resilient system of white supremacy. In Claiborne County, a highly effective boycott eventually led the Supreme Court to affirm the legality of economic boycotts for political protest. NAACP leader Charles Evers (brother of Medgar) managed to earn seemingly contradictory support from the national NAACP, the segregationist Sovereignty Commission, and white liberals. Studying both black activists and the white opposition, Crosby employs traditional sources and more than 100 oral histories to analyze the political and economic issues in the postmovement period, the impact of the movement and the resilience of white supremacy, and the ways these issues are closely connected to competing histories of the community.
