A love letter to the birthplace of Jazz New Orleans will never again appear as it does in these rare and stunning photographs by William Claxton taken for the book Jazzlife in 1960. While traveling around the United States with musicologist Joachim E. Berendt to record America's original art form, Claxton met and photographed the jazz personalities in every major and minor city, capturing these musicians in their natural environment. Among the most poignant and soulful photographs are these from the colorful melting pot of New Orleans, the city where jazz was born.
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During the Civil War, tully two-thirds of East Ten-nessee's citizens remained loyal to the Union. When their state was declared "an independent nation" and then negotiated a military alliance with the Confed-erate government, it was against the will of the ma-jority of East Tennesseans. Samuel P. Carter of Elizabethton, the daring "sailor on horseback" and a naval officer, led the Yankee cavalry in a raid from Kentucky into East Tennessee into his own backyard. This was part ofa tong-term effort by the Federal government to utilize the loyalty of East Tennesseans to destroy the South-ern rebellion. The author relates an exciting story of "the first long-distance raid staged by the Union cavalrv" in this chronicle of a significant and often overlooked turn-ing point in the Civil War.
Through hurricanes, fires, labor strikes, and the tourism boom, the community of Key West has sustained a unique way of life and attracted a wide variety of people to its shores, including such famous figures as writers Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams, President Harry Truman, and musician Jimmy Buffet. In this 128 page book, over 200 captioned photographs and postcards brilliantly capture the Key West of a bygone era as well as the modern city that continues to draw thousands of tourists a year.
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