Bibliograph

Beale Street dynasty, sex, song, and the struggle for the soul of Memphis, Preston Lauterbach

Type

Label

Beale Street dynasty, sex, song, and the struggle for the soul of Memphis, Preston Lauterbach

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-336) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmapsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beale Street dynasty

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

904335067

Responsibility statement

Preston Lauterbach

Sub title

sex, song, and the struggle for the soul of Memphis

Summary

Documents the rise and fall of the legendary Memphis thoroughfare that indelibly shaped American culture, documenting its story through the life of former slave and first black millionaire Robert Church

Table Of Contents

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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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

Target audience

adult

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