American Rhapsody: Writers, Musicians, Movie Stars, and One Great Building

by Claudia Roth Pierpont

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Ranging from the shattered gentility of Edith Wharton's heroines to racial confrontation in the songs of Nina Simone, American Rhapsody presents a kaleidoscopic story of the creation of a culture. Here is a series of deeply involving portraits of American artists and innovators who have helped to shape the country in the modern age.

Claudia Roth Pierpont expertly mixes biography and criticism, history and reportage, to bring these...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0374104409

ISBN13:9780374104405

Release Date:May 2016

Publisher:Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History History Literary Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction

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