Why Sinatra Matters

Biography & Memoir, Entertainment & Performing Arts
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Author: Pete Hamill ISBN: 9780316069540
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication: February 28, 2009
Imprint: Back Bay Books Language: English
Author: Pete Hamill
ISBN: 9780316069540
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication: February 28, 2009
Imprint: Back Bay Books
Language: English

In this unique homage to an American icon, journalist and award-winning author Pete Hamill evokes the essence of Sinatra--examining his art and his legend from the inside, as only a friend of many years could do. Shaped by Prohibition, the Depression, and war, Francis Albert Sinatra became the troubadour of urban loneliness. With his songs, he enabled millions of others to tell their own stories, providing an entire generation with a sense of tradition and pride belonging distinctly to them.

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In this unique homage to an American icon, journalist and award-winning author Pete Hamill evokes the essence of Sinatra--examining his art and his legend from the inside, as only a friend of many years could do. Shaped by Prohibition, the Depression, and war, Francis Albert Sinatra became the troubadour of urban loneliness. With his songs, he enabled millions of others to tell their own stories, providing an entire generation with a sense of tradition and pride belonging distinctly to them.

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