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  • Anne Morgan: Photography, Philanthropy, and Advocacy by Govenar, Alan
    Alan Govenar

    Anne Morgan: Photography, Philanthropy, and Advocacy

    Anne Morgan (1873-1952) was a renowned photographer, a fierce advocate for women's rights, and the youngest daughter of financier J. P. Morgan. Coauthored by Guggenheim Fellow Alan Govenar and UCLA professor emerita Mary Niles Maack, this autobiography tells of her pioneering use of photography...
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  • Boccaccio in the Berkshires by Govenar, Alan
    Alan Govenar

    Boccaccio in the Berkshires

    Inspired by The Decameron and its dark and satirical novellas, Boccaccio in the Berkshires chronicles the foibles of seven women and three men, all in their twenties, who meet in an online chat room for asymptomatic pandemic survivors. They have all endured the deaths...
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  • Dallas Music Scene: 1920s-1960s by Govenar, Alan
    Alan Govenar

    Dallas Music Scene: 1920s-1960s

    For much of the 20th century, Dallas was home to a wide range of vital popular music. By the 1920s, the streets, dance halls, and vaudeville houses of Deep Ellum rang with blues and jazz. Blind Lemon Jefferson was discovered singing the blues on...
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  • Deep Ellum and Central Track: The Other Side of Dallas/Where the Black and White Worlds of Dallas Converged by Govenar, Alan
    Alan Govenar

    Deep Ellum and Central Track: Where Cultures Converged

    A new edition of the biography of Dallas' own Deep Ellum. Just outside of downtown Dallas lies a section of the city called Deep Ellum, where graffiti and murals decorate the walls of trendy shops, loft apartments, restaurants, nightclubs, art galleries, and tattoo studios....
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  • Gus Wagner: Globe Trotter and Hand Tattoo Artist by Govenar, Alan
    Alan Govenar

    Gus Wagner: Globe Trotter and Hand Tattoo Artist

    In 1897, Gus embarked on a four-year career as a merchant seaman. While traveling the world, he discovered the art of tattooing, learning to tattoo from tribesmen in Java and Borneo who showed him how to use traditional handmade tools. By 1901, Gus reportedly...
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  • Lightnin' Hopkins: His Life and Blues by Govenar, Alan
    Alan Govenar

    Lightnin' Hopkins: His Life and Blues

    2011 ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research for Best History By the time of his death in 1982, Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins was likely the most recorded blues artist in history. This brilliant biography illuminates the many contradictions of the man and...
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  • See That My Grave Is Kept Clean: The World and Music of Blind Lemon Jefferson by Govenar, Alan
    Alan Govenar

    See That My Grave Is Kept Clean: The World and Music of Blind Lemon Jefferson

    A new biography of the beloved but mysterious Blind Lemon Jefferson, famous blues musician. Born in 1897, Jefferson was a blind street musician who played his guitar at the corner of Elm Street and Central Avenue in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas, Texas,...
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  • Stompin' at the Savoy: The Story of Norma Miller by Govenar, Alan
    Alan Govenar

    Stompin' at the Savoy: The Story of Norma Miller

    Through extensive interviews with jazz dancer Norma Miller, acclaimed author and filmmaker Alan Govenar captures the vitality, wry humor, and indomitable spirit of an American treasure. When she was just five years old, in 1924, Norma Miller knew just what she wanted to do...
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  • Stoney Knows How: Life as a Sideshow Tattoo Artist, 3rd Edition by Govenar, Alan
    Alan Govenar

    Stoney Knows How: Life as a Sideshow Tattoo Artist, 3rd Edition

    In this updated edition, the extraordinary life of Stoney St. Clair--circus performer turned tattoo artist, a true American icon--comes to life in his own words, photos, and tattoo flash. Born Leonard St. Clair in 1912 in West Virginia, Stoney discovered his passion for drawing...
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  • The Dallas Music Scene: 1920s-1960s by Govenar, Alan
    Alan Govenar

    The Dallas Music Scene: 1920s-1960s

    For much of the 20th century, Dallas was home to a wide range of vital popular music. By the 1920s, the streets, dance halls, and vaudeville houses of Deep Ellum rang with blues and jazz. Blind Lemon Jefferson was discovered singing the blues on...
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  • The Retablos of Jeronimo Lozano: From Peru to Utah by Govenar, Alan
    Alan Govenar

    The Retablos of Jeronimo Lozano: From Peru to Utah

    Steeped in ancient Peruvian traditions, these small, sculpted figures show religious and secular scenes housed in structures ranging from pistachio shells and matchboxes to handmade wooden boxes and freestanding installations. Lozano's retablos are both traditional and innovative, visualizing the cultural life of people in...
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