Edition: Paperback, 2001

Description: 230 Pages

DESCRIPTION:
Through stories and portraits of the strong personalities around him, Nat Hentoff brings to life the political, familial, and musical forces that shaped his unique perspectives on the world. His love of jazz and his political stance put him at odds with his working class Jewish family and the predominantly conservative world of Boston of the 1940s. In this memoir, Hentoff revisits his Boston neighborhood, filled with colorful characters, including militant candy-store owners and evil-eyed schoolteachers. Hentoff's journeys into legendary jazz venues draw the teenager even further away from his parents and into the world of jazz greats such as Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Nat Hentoff is the author of Speaking Freely, Listen to Stories, and Living the Bill of Rights. He wrote a column for the Village Voice for many years. He lives in New York City.