Beale Street Dynasty - Sex, Song, and the Struggle for the Soul of Memphis

The dramatic rise and fall of Beale Street, the legendary Memphis thoroughfare that shook American culture.

About the author

Preston Lauterbach is the author of Bluff City, Beale Street Dynasty, The Chitlin’ Circuit, a Wall Street Journal and Boston Globe book of the year, and co-author of Brother Johnson: Growing Up with Robert Johnson. He is a former visiting scholar at Rhodes College and a Virginia Humanities Fellow. He lives in Virginia.

Summary

The dramatic rise and fall of Beale Street, the legendary Memphis thoroughfare that shook American culture.

Product details

• Authors: Preston Lauterbach, Lauterbach Preston
• Publisher: Norton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9780393082579
• ISBN: 978-0-393-08257-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 242 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 666 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travel guides; Blues, Ethnic Studies, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, Tennessee, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Blues, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, History of the Americas, Popular Music, Black & Asian Studies, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General