By using Scott Joplin's life as a window onto American social and cultural development at the turn of the century, this biography dramatizes the role of one brilliant African American musician in defining the culture of a still-young nation.
- ISBN13 9780826215475
- Publish Date 1 August 2004 (first published 1 June 1994)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Missouri Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English