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My Song: A Memoir of Art, Race & Defiance
Harry Belafonte
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Description for My Song: A Memoir of Art, Race & Defiance
paperback. Electrifying memoir by singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BGFA; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 37. Weight in Grams: 578. A Memoir of Art, Race & Defiance. 480 pages, Illustrations. Electrifying memoir by singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BGFA; JPVH1. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 37. Weight: 578.
Written with Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Schnayerson, My Song is an inspiring story of performance and protest, from a superstar singer and actor who was on the front lines of practically every progressive political battle in modern memory.
Along the way, he befriended some of the most influential figures of the 20th century, from Tony Curtis, Marlon Brando and Sidney Poitier to Martin Luther King, the Kennedys, Eleanor Roosevelt, Fidel Castro, James Baldwin, Bob Dylan and Nelson Mandela. From his impoverished childhood in Harlem and Jamaica, through his meteoric rise as an international calypso star, provocative crossover ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857865861
SKU
V9780857865861
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About Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte's 1956 album Calypso made him the first artist in history to sell more than one million LPs. He won both a Tony award and an Emmy, and he was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton. He served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and is the recipient of Kennedy Center Honors for excellence in the performing ... Read more
Reviews for My Song: A Memoir of Art, Race & Defiance
A gorgeous account of the large life of a Harlem boy
Garrison Keillor
New York Times
It isn't just the story of man, but the story of a country and a century
Variety
A potent memoir of our times
Library Journal
... Read more
Garrison Keillor
New York Times
It isn't just the story of man, but the story of a country and a century
Variety
A potent memoir of our times
Library Journal
... Read more