{"product_id":"hidden-history-of-louisianas-jazz-age-9781467153423","title":"Hidden History of Louisiana's Jazz Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep backstage in this look at little-known and utterly fascinating aspects of Jazz Age Louisiana.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Orleans' early jazz greats like Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Kid Ory and Buddy Bolden had fascinating careers, but Hidden History of Louisiana's Jazz Age is filled with tales of murder, lust and adventure. Clarinetist Joe Darensbourg of Baton Rouge ran away and joined the circus three times before the age of 20. The Martel Band of Opelousas witnessed a legal public hanging of a convicted serial murderer in 1923 Evangeline Parish. Trumpeter Evan Thomas of Crowley could have been a rival to Satchmo but was cut down on the bandstand in the Promised Land neighborhood of Rayne, La. Author Sam Irwin explores the odd and quirky in these fascinating stories of the Roaring Twenties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467153423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156","brand":"Sam Irwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42520589303989,"sku":"9781467153423","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_212d74ce-9825-483c-b5ac-d9c14db80f4c.jpg?v=1669130031","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hidden-history-of-louisianas-jazz-age-9781467153423","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}