Beale Street dynasty : sex, song, and the struggle for the soul of Memphis
Lauterbach, Preston2016
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Between Reconstruction and Prohibition, Beale Street in Memphis thrived as a cauldron of sex and song, greed and race hatred - a street that inspired folk legends and reshaped American politics. Preston Lauterbach tells this story through the life of the South's first black millionaire, an ex-slave named Robert Church.
Main title:
Beale Street dynasty : sex, song, and the struggle for the soul of Memphis / Preston Lauterbach.
Author:
Lauterbach, Preston, author
Imprint:
New York : W.W. Norton and Company, 2016.
Collation:
384 pages : illustrations, maps
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780393352139 (pbk)
Dewey class:
976.819
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
368813
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