Big Starffallin' Mama: Five Women in Black Music

by Hettie Jones

Nelson George (Foreword)

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Portraits of five Black women and the kind of music they sang during a period of social change. Includes Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, and Aretha Franklin.
  • ISBN10 0670856215
  • ISBN13 9780670856213
  • Publish Date 1 February 1995
  • Publish Status Temporarily Withdrawn
  • Out of Print 27 May 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Viking Books for Young Readers
  • Edition Rev ed.
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 160
  • Language English