The Unz Review •ï¿½An Alternative Media Selection
A Collection of Interesting, Important, and Controversial Perspectives Largely Excluded from the American Mainstream Media
W.C. Handy •ï¿½2 Books
Father of the Blues (1941)
An Autobiography
Finding...
Published Reviews
More Books of the Week[+]Two Autobiographies (Review)Father of the Blues, by W.C. Handy and Arna Bontemps- Father of the Blues by W.C. Handy and Arna Bontemps
Commonweal, August 29, 1941, p. 450
Review and Comment[+]You Can't Keep a Good Man Down (Review)Father of the Blues, by W.C. Handy and Arna Bontemps- Father of the Blues by W.C. Handy and Arna Bontemps
The New Masses, July 22, 1941, p. 22
[+]If Beale Street Could Talk (Review)Father of the Blues, by W.C. Handy and Arna Bontemps- Father of the Blues by W.C. Handy and Arna Bontemps
The New Republic, July 14, 1941, p. 60
[+]Memphis Symphony (Review)Father of the Blues, by W.C. Handy and Arna Bontemps- Father of the Blues by W.C. Handy and Arna Bontemps
The Saturday Review, July 19, 1941, p. 10
[+]America in Artistic Expression (3 Reviews)Father of the Blues, by W.C. Handy and Arna Bontemps- Father of the Blues by W.C. Handy and Arna Bontemps
- The Negro in Art by Alain LeRoy Locke
- American Renaissance by F.O. Matthiessen
Common Ground, Autumn 1941, p. 121
Books[+]Say, Is This the U.S.A.? (4 Reviews)Quincie Bolliver, by Mary King O'Donnell- Quincie Bolliver by Mary King O'Donnell
- The Boys in the Back Room by Edmund Wilson
- Father of the Blues by W.C. Handy and Arna Bontemps
- Say, Is This the U.S.A.? by Erskine Caldwell and Margaret Bourke-White
The New Yorker, July 5, 1941, pp. 49-50