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Mr. Bojangles, dance : Jerry Jeff Walker, Sammy Davis, Jr., and the song that made Nixon cry / Ryan B. Case.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Case, Ryan B., 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Walker, Jerry Jeff. Mr. Bojangles (Song).
- Walker, Jerry Jeff.
- Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990.
- Davis, Sammy.
- Singers--United States--Biography.
- Singers.
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
- Nixon, Richard M.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2024.
- Contents:
- "Love at first sight"
- Who is Uncle Will Mastin?
- Holiday in Dixieland
- "An honest lawyer"
- "That's my actor!"
- Rufus Jones for president
- "Dancing down the barriers"
- "A quiet game"
- "Are you a registered voter in California?"
- "A time of pocket change"
- "Drifting, poor, and searching"
- "How can I follow this guy?"
- "When your star is up"
- "A blind song-and-dance man"
- "The most dangerous man in America"
- Don't you have enough problems?
- "A call from Chicago"
- "God is on our side"
- "We gotta have laughs"
- "Too many words ... strange words"
- "The folk process"
- "Would you buy a used car from this man?"
- "Get Sammy"
- "A real clown's act"
- "I'll buy the night"
- "As long as you win"
- "Weirdest day so far"
- My own worst nightmare
- "Folkies born in a new age"
- "Like some song you can't unlearn"
- "They're not colorblind"
- "How did that happen?"
- What were they doing?
- "As far uptown as I'm ever going to get"
- "All kinds of prisons"
- The party of the century
- "Foolish in her eyes"
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781476650555 (electronic bk.)
- 1476650551 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99996420600
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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