Blind Boone
Piano Prodigy
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2004]
Format: Book
Description: 120 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Presents the life and career of the blind pianist who toured the country after the Civil War, bringing ragtime and other African American music to the concert stage.
Series: Trailblazer biography.
Contents:
Growing up blind -- Adventures in Saint Louis -- Kidnapped! -- New horizons -- The challenge -- The early years -- A concert career -- Ragtime and Jim Crow -- The final years.
Subjects:
Boone, Blind, 1864-1927 -- Juvenile literature.
Blind musicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American musicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Pianists -- Juvenile literature.
Musicians -- Juvenile literature.
Blind -- Juvenile literature.
People with disabilities -- Juvenile literature.
Boone, Blind, 1864-1927 -- Juvenile literature.
Blind musicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American musicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Pianists -- Juvenile literature.
Musicians -- Juvenile literature.
Blind -- Juvenile literature.
People with disabilities -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 930L
ISBN:
1575050579 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Boone, Blind | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-117) and index.