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Boston Boy

by Nat Hentoff

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Boston Boy is Nat Hentoff's memoir of growing up in the Roxbury section of Boston in the 1930s and 1940s. He grapples with Judaism and anti-Semitism. He develops a passion for outspoken journalism and First Amendment freedom of speech. And he discovers his love of jazz music as he follows, and is befriended by, the great jazz musicians of the day, including Duke Ellington and Lester Young among others.

"This memoir of [Hentoff's] youth should be appreciated not only by adults who grew up through the fires of their own youthful rebellion, but by those restless young people who are now bringing their own views and questions to the world they are inheriting. They could learn from this example that rebels can be gentle as well as enraged and compassionate in their commitment." — New York Times Book Review

"Nat Hentoff knows jazz. And it comes alive in this wonderful, touching memoir." — Ken Burns, creator of the PBS series Jazz

"[A] charmingly bittersweet memoir." — The Boston Globe

"This is a touching book about a painful, wonderful time in BostonI loved it." — Anthony Lewis

About the Author

Nat Hentoff is a long-time civil rights commentator and a prolific author and journalist whose weekly columns are published in The Village Voice and The Washington Times. He's worked as a columnist for the Washington Post and as a reporter for The New Yorker.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780967967523
Subtitle:
Growing Up with Jazz and Other Rebellious Passions
Author:
Hentoff, Nat
Author:
Hentoff, Nat
Publisher:
Paul Dry Books
Location:
2207 DELANCY PLACE PUBCITY: PHILADELPHIA
Subject:
Jews
Subject:
Jazz
Subject:
Ethnic Cultures
Subject:
Journalists
Subject:
Authors, American
Subject:
Childhood Memoir
Subject:
Boston
Subject:
Music critics
Subject:
Autobiography/Biography
Subject:
Editors, Journalists, Publishers
Subject:
Ethnic Cultures - General
Subject:
General Biography
Subject:
Authors, American -- 20th century.
Subject:
Journalists -- United States.
Edition Number:
2
Edition Description:
1st Paul Dry Books ed.
Series Volume:
632
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
212
Dimensions:
8.49x5.37x.61 in. .63 lbs.

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