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Gara, Larry was born on May 16, 1922 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of Stanley Reginald Stitzman and Helen Gara.
((Book). Born in New Orleans in 1894, Warren "Baby" Dodds ...)
(Book). Born in New Orleans in 1894, Warren "Baby" Dodds became one of the greatest drummers of that city's early jazz tradition. This lively autobiography, first published more than 30 years ago and long unavailable, is the result of a series of interviews Dodds taped with Larry Gara a few years before his death in 1959. With disarming candor, Dodds recalls his remarkable musical career, which sp...
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" The underground railroad―with its mysterious signals, secret depots, abolitionist heroes, and slave-hunting villains―has become part of American mythology. But legend has distorted much of this history. Larry Gara shows how pre-Civil War partisan propanda, postwar remininscences by fame-hungry abolitionists, and oral tradition helped foster the popular belief that a powerful secret organization spirited floods of slaves away from the South. In contrast to much popular belief, however, the slaves themselves had active roles in their own escape. They carried out their runs, receiving aid only after they had reached territory where they still faced return. The Liberty Line puts slaves in their rightful position: the center of their struggle for freedom.
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((Book). Born in New Orleans in 1894, Warren "Baby" Dodds ...)
(Book). Born in New Orleans in 1894, Warren "Baby" Dodds became one of the greatest drummers of that city's early jazz tradition. This lively autobiography, first published more than 30 years ago and long unavailable, is the result of a series of interviews Dodds taped with Larry Gara a few years before his death in 1959. With disarming candor, Dodds recalls his remarkable musical career, which spanned more than four decades and took him from New Orleans' famed Storyville district to Mississippi riverboats, to Chicago and New York. Dodds performed and recorded with some of the most famous musicians of his time King Oliver, Kid Ory, Bunk Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet, among others and his recollections of these men and the music they created add much to our knowledge of jazz history. Dodds also discusses his own style and philosophy of music, revealing himself as a dedicated artist who placed a high value on craftsmanship, versatility and originality, and whose love of the jazz world never waned. Features 12 pages of photos and a Dodds discography.
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Gara, Larry was born on May 16, 1922 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of Stanley Reginald Stitzman and Helen Gara.
Bachelor, William Penn College, 1947; Master of Arts, Pennsylvania State University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1953.
Instructor history, Bluffton (Ohio) College, 1948-1949;
lecturer history, Mexico City College, 1953-1954;
associate professor of history, Eureka (Illinois) College, 1954-1957;
professor of history, Grove City (Pennsylvania) College, 1957-1962;
professor of history, Wilmington (Ohio) College, 1962-1992;
professor emeritus, Wilmington (Ohio) College, since 1992. Visiting professor of history U. Delaware, Newark, 1962. Lecturer history topics to various organizations, Ohio, Kentucky.
Speaker in field; manuscript evaluator University Press Kentucky, others.
(" The underground railroad―with its mysterious signals, s...)
((Book). Born in New Orleans in 1894, Warren "Baby" Dodds ...)
((Book). Born in New Orleans in 1894, Warren "Baby" Dodds ...)
Organizer Hiroshima Day Peace Vigil, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 1974-1995. Birding columnist Appalachian Front Audubon Society, Hillsboro, Ohio, since 1986. Member Cincinnati Bird Club, since 1985, Beavercreek (Ohio) Wetlands Association, since 1988, American Civil Liberties Union, since 1963.
Member Organization American Historians, Ohio Academy History (executive committee 1980-1983, Distinguished Service award 1997), Ohio American Association University Professors (president 1966-1967), Southern History Association, War Resisters League (Annual Peace award 1984), Fellowship of Reconciliation.