Going My Way: Bing Crosby and American Culture

Contributor(s): Prigozy, Ruth (Editor), Raubicheck, Walter (Editor), Dick, Bernard F (Contribution by), White, David E (Contribution by), Dolan, Deborah (Contribution by), Phillips, Elaine Anderson (Contribution by), Mazur, Eric Michael (Contribution by), Wiggins (Contribution by), Giddins, Gary (Contribution by), Fuchs, Jeanne (Contribution by), Dempsey, John Mark (Contribution by), Crosby, Kathryn (Contribution by), Barnes, Ken (Contribution by), Robinson, Linda A (Contribution by), Inge, M Thomas (Contribution by), MacFarlane, Malcolm (Contribution by), McQuade, Martin (Contribution by), Hammar, Peter (Contribution by), Chell, Samuel J (Contribution by), Shafer, Stephen C (Contribution by), Crosby, Steven (Contribution by), Raubicheck, Walter (Contribution by), Friedwald, Will (Contribution by)

ISBN: 9781580462617

Publisher: University of Rochester Press

Hardcover

$65.00

Pub Date: November 1, 2007

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2007030561

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.77" H x 9.26" L x 6.40" W ( 1.14 lbs) 228 pages

BISAC Categories:

Biography and Autobiography | Entertainment and Performing Arts | Social Science | Popular Culture

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Bing Crosby's innovations as recording artist, actor, businessman, and radio and television performer. A multidisciplinary exploration, plus personal testimony from family members and colleagues.

Review Quotes: These essays focus on the legendary performer in various media during [the years 1931-57]. . . This wide-ranging collection makes it clear that Crosby's importance is not and should never be forgotten. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.-- "CHOICE"

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