Jean A Boyd: 4 books
We're the Light Crust Doughboys from Burrus Mill
An Oral History
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The Light Crust Doughboys are one of the most long-lived and musically versatile bands in America. Formed in the early 1930s under the sponsorship of Burrus Mill and Elevator Company of Fort Worth, Texas, with Bob Wills and Milton Brown (the originator of western swing) at the musical helm and future...
The Jazz of the Southwest
An Oral History of Western Swing
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
They may wear cowboy hats and boots and sing about "faded love," but western swing musicians have always played jazz! From Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys to Asleep at the Wheel, western swing performers have played swing jazz on traditional country instruments, with all of the required elements of...
American Progress
Battling Fear, Discrimination, and the Great Depression
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Girls are girls wherever they live—and the Sisters in Time series shows that girls are girls whenever they lived, too! This new collection brings together four historical fiction books for 8–12-year-old girls: Maureen the Detective: The Age of Immigration (covering the year 1903), Maria Takes a Stand:...
American Challenge: Revolution, A New Nation, and Westward Expansion
Revolution, A New Nation, and Westward Expansion
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Girls are girls wherever they live-and the Sisters in Time series shows that girls are girls whenever they lived, too! This new collection brings together four historical fiction books for 8-12-year-old girls: Lydia the Patriot: The Boston Massacre (covering the year 1770), Kate and the Spies: The...