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LEADER: 02109cam a2200361 i 4500
001 2014039928
003 DLC
005 20151204083330.0
008 150227s2015 nyuab b 001 0deng
010 $a 2014039928
020 $a9780393082579 (hardcover)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-tn
050 00 $aF444.M575$bB435 2015
082 00 $a976.8/19$223
100 1 $aLauterbach, Preston,$eauthor.
245 10 $aBeale Street dynasty :$bsex, song, and the struggle for the soul of Memphis /$cPreston Lauterbach.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bW. W. Norton & Company,$c[2015]
300 $axi, 352 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPart I. Birth of a kingpin, 1866-1885 -- There is no yankee doodle in Memphis -- A promiscuous running fight -- A frightful state of moral darkness -- Birth of a kingpin -- Part II. Birth of Beale, 1885-1892 -- Dividing the wages of sin -- Contributions from malefactors -- Free speech, high revelry, and low song -- The true spark of manhood -- Part III. Birth of the blues, 1901-1918 -- Red, gray, and blue -- Doctor said it'd kill me, but he didn't say when -- Purifying the moral atmosphere -- The gig -- We gonna barrelhouse anyhow -- Like a stone cast into the sea -- I'd rather be there than any place I know -- Part IV. The lid, 1918-1940 -- All the pretty girls lived good -- In a class by himself -- The frolic -- The unholy combination -- Snitchin' gambler blues -- God's chillun -- Within the gates of Memphis -- A Boyle festers -- This is a white man's country.
651 0 $aBeale Street (Memphis, Tenn.)$xHistory.
651 0 $aBeale Street (Memphis, Tenn.)$vBiography.
651 0 $aMemphis (Tenn.)$xHistory.
651 0 $aMemphis (Tenn.)$vBiography.
651 0 $aMemphis (Tenn.)$xRace relations
600 10 $aChurch, Robert Reed,$d1839-1912.
600 10 $aChurch, Robert Reed,$d1839-1912$xFamily.