For a half century, Ben Webster, one of the “big three” of swing tenors-along with Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young-was one of the best-known and most popular saxophonists.Early in his career, Webster worked with many of the greatest orchestras of th

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“It is my dearest hope that this book will allow me to reach out to others in pain and give them hope, for they too can choose to be a survivor.” Izzy Hammond’s deaf and partially blind parents attracted sympathy from the outside world, but no one

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“A deeply courageous account of Hogan′s personal and tribal history…staggering.”—Pam Houston, O Magazine”I sat down to write a book about pain and ended up writing about love,” says award-winning Chickasaw poet and novelist Linda Hogan. In this b

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