{"product_id":"who-was-louis-armstrong-9780448433684","title":"Who Was Louis Armstrong?","description":"If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville. But it was Louis Armstrong's own passion and genius that pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life spanned a critical time in American music as well as black history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYona Zeldis McDonough\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eYou Were Meant For Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Two of a Kind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e A Wedding in Great Neck\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBreaking the Bank\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e In Dahlia's Wake\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Four Temperaments\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as nineteen books for children. She is also the editor of two essay collections and is the Fiction Editor at \u003ci\u003eLilith\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Her award-winning short fiction, articles, and essays have been published in anthologies and in numerous magazines and newspapers. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and two children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Young Readers Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618420199698,"sku":"9780448433684","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_93beb1d5-6841-41b9-9fbc-f2f07281841c.jpg?v=1732535181","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/who-was-louis-armstrong-9780448433684","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}