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by Marilyn Nelson; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)

In the 1940s, as the world was at war, a remarkablejazz band performed on the American home front.This all-female band, originating from a boardingschool in the heart of Mississippi, found its way tothe most famous ballrooms in the country, offeringsolace during the hard years of the war. They daredto be an interracial group despite the cruelties ofJim Crow laws, and they dared to assert their talentsthough they were women in a "man's" profession.Told in thought-provoking poems and arrestingimages, this unusual look at our nation's history isdeep and inspiring.


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In the 1940s, as the world was at war, a remarkable jazz band performed on the American home front. This all-female band, originating from a boarding school in the heart of Mississippi, found its way to the most famous ballrooms in the country, offering solace during the hard years of the war. They dared to be an interracial group despite the cruelties of Jim Crow laws, and they dared to assert their talents though they were women in a ?man?s? profession. Told in thought-provoking poems and arresting images, this unusual look at our nation?s history is deep and inspiring.

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  • Title Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World
  • Author Marilyn Nelson; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 80
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dial Books, New York
  • Date 2009-10-29
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780803731875 / 0803731876
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 10.3 x 0.6 in (20.32 x 26.16 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 10 to UP years
  • Grade levels 5 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Big bands - United States - History - 20th, Women jazz musicians - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008046255
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Marilyn Nelson is a three-time National Book Award Finalist, has won a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor and several Coretta Scott King Honors, and has received several prestigious poetry awards, including the Poets' Prize and the Robert Frost Medal. She has recently been a judge of poetry applicants at the National Endowment for the Arts and Yaddo, and has received three honorary doctorates.
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