Kill 'em and leave : searching for James Brown and the American soul / James McBride.
Kill 'em and leave : searching for James Brown and the American soul / James McBride.
Kill 'em and leave : searching for James Brown and the American soul / James McBride.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2016]
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G 2016/916
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Language
English
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Physical content
xx, 232 pages ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword: The buzz -- Countin' off. Mystery house ; Cussin' and fussin' ; American jive -- Hit it! The vapors ; Six Gaines ; Leaving the land ; Bro ; To live standing ; The last flame ; The Rev ; The money man ; The earth beneath his feet ; More money ; The hundred-dollar man ; The rag that nobody r...
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Publisher
New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2016]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2016]
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Summary
McBride shows that Brown's rough-and-tumble life is an unsettling metaphor for American life: the tension between North and South, black and white, rich and poor. From the forgotten corners of the country town where Brown's family was among those displaced by America's largest nuclear power bomb-making facility to the Augusta, Georgia, funeral home...
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Full title
Kill 'em and leave : searching for James Brown and the American soul / James McBride.
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G 2016/916
Record Identifier
74VKzb686xK3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzb686xK3
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ISBN
9780812993509 hardcover
0812993500 hardcover
DDC
782.421644092 B
MMS ID
991023563459702626
