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Nat King Cole / Daniel Mark Epstein.
| Author/creator | Epstein, Daniel Mark |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999. |
| Description | viii, 437 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Chicago -- The Kid-Chicago, 1935 -- Gatemouth -- Flight out of Egypt -- Schoolboys -- Bud Billiken days -- On the town -- The Savoy Ballroom, September 8, 1935 -- Brothers -- Nadine -- Los Angeles -- Sunshine and shadow -- The trio -- A year on the road -- Fly right -- Carlos, and Capitol Records -- The big money -- Changes -- Maria -- Engaged -- America -- Wedding bells -- Nature boy -- A home of their own -- The price of fame -- Bop City to Dixie -- Family -- The tax man -- The big show -- Together and apart -- Mobbed -- Home again -- This world and the next -- Television -- Sammy and Harry and the general -- Games and children -- The dawn of a new decade -- Jackpot attraction -- Love and death -- Epilogue. |
| Abstract | This book examines Cole's insistence on changing society through his art rather than political activism, the romantic love story of Cole and Maria Ellington, and Cole's famous and influential image of calm, poise, and elegance, which concealed the personal turmoil and anxiety that undermined his health. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-420) and index. |
| LCCN | 99032940 |
| ISBN | 0374219125 (alk. paper) |