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Swing Shift: " All Girl" Bands of the 1940s
by Sherrie Tucker
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- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0822328178
- ISBN 13
- 9780822328179
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About This Item
Duke University Press, 2001. Softcover. Fine. Illustrated softcovers. Fine, fresh, apparently unread copy. ix+ 413 pp. with index, bibliography, Illustrated with photos. Most people today are familiar with, or have at least heard of, the all-women baseball teams of the All American Girl's Baseball League, that formed during the Second World War while many of the men were away. Far fewer are familiar with the so called "All-Girl" jazz and swing bands of the same era, many formed for the same reason. In this insightful, informative study, the author, who found herself surprised by the lack of documantary evidence dealing with these bands, delves into the forgotten history the subject in detail. There were hundreds of such bands, both African American and white, all around the country that formed when the demand for swing music skyrocketed due to the war conditions. Though all-women bands had been around since the 1920s, they now barnstormed ballrooms, theaters, dance halls, military installations and USO stages. Filled with first hand accounts of more than 100 women who performed during this era.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E27146
- Title
- Swing Shift: " All Girl" Bands of the 1940s
- Author
- Sherrie Tucker
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0822328178
- ISBN 13
- 9780822328179
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Place of Publication
- Durham, Nc
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- music, jazz, big bands, swing, world war II, performing arts, entertainment, womens history, womens studies,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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