How did famous New Orleans jazz trumpet player Louis Armstrong get his first horn?
Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too poor to buy a real instrument. He didn’t even go to school. To help his mother pay the rent, every day he rode a junk wagon through the streets of New Orleans, playing a tin horn and collecting stuff people didn’t want. Then one day, the junk wagon passed a pawn shop with a gleaming brass trumpet in the window. . . .
With messages about hard work, persistence, hope, tolerance, cooperation, trust, and friendship, A Horn for Louis is perfect for aspiring young musicians and nonfiction fans alike!
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- ISBN10 129924940X
- ISBN13 9781299249400
- Publish Date 1 January 2009 (first published 12 January 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 14 April 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Random House Books for Young Readers
- Format eBook
- Pages 53
- Language English