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Becoming Billie Holiday
Carole Boston Weatherford, HardcoverOriginal price was: $19.95.$16.96Current price is: $16.96.
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The stunning voice and hard life of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is revealed through evocative, accessible poetry.
In 1915, Sadie Fagan gave birth to a daughter she named Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie Holiday, possibly the greatest jazz singer of all time. Eleanora’s journey to become a legend took her through pain, poverty, and run-ins with the law. By the time she was fifteen, she knew she possessed something that could possibly change her life–a voice. Eleanora could sing. Her remarkable voice led her to a place in the spotlight with some of the era’s hottest big bands. Through a sequence of raw and poignant poems, New York Times best-selling and award-winning poet Carole Boston Weatherford chronicles the singer’s young life, her fight for survival, and the dream she pursued with passion.Description
Binding Type: Hardcover
Contributors: Carole Boston Weatherford, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Published: 10/01/2008
Publisher: Wordsong
ISBN: 9781590785072
Pages: 117
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.90w x 0.50d
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Weight | 1.07 lbs |
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Dimensions | 9.6 × 6.9 × 0.5 in |
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