Satchmo: The Story of Louis Armstrong

by Jeff Biggers

Overview

This biography of the famous American musician Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong examines Satchmo's life, starting with his childhood problems of dropping out of school and firing a gun in public, which resulted in spending 18 months in a juvenile detention home. At the juvenile detention home for African-American youth, the young Louis joined the Waifs' Home Colored Band and learned to play the coronet. After years of playing in honky-tonks and learning his craft, Louis Armstrong rose above his troubled childhood to be known around the world as America's Ambassador of Jazz.


Written for students and young adult readers, this biography also includes an extensive vocabulary builder and ten thought-provoking review questions. Great for book reports and homeschoolers.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011814624
Publisher:	William Gladden Foundation Press
Publication date:	10/06/2010
Series:	HeRose & SheRose , #5
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	18 KB

About the Author

Jeff Biggers is the American Book Award-winning of The United States of Appalachia, and In the Sierra Madre. He has worked as a writer, radio correspondent and educator across the United States, Europe, India and Mexico. His award-winning stories have appeared on National Public Radio, Public Radio International and in numerous magazines and newspapers, including The Washington Post, The Nation, The Atlantic Monthly, Salon, among others. He splits his time between Tucson and Illinois. His website is: www.jeffbiggers.com