{"product_id":"boston-boy-nat-hentoff-9780967967523","title":"Boston Boy: Growing Up with Jazz and Other Rebellious Passions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is Nat Hentoff's memoir of growing up in the Roxbury section of Boston in the 1930s and 1940s. He grapples with Judaism and anti-Semitism. He develops a passion for outspoken journalism and First Amendment freedom of speech. And he discovers his love of jazz music as he follows, and is befriended by, the great jazz musicians of the day, including Duke Ellington and Lester Young among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This memoir of [Hentoff's] youth should be appreciated not only by adults who grew up through the fires of their own youthful rebellion, but by those restless young people who are now bringing their own views and questions to the world they are inheriting. They could learn from this example that rebels can be gentle as well as enraged and compassionate in their commitment.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nat Hentoff knows jazz. And it comes alive in this wonderful, touching memoir.\"--Ken Burns, creator of the PBS series \u003ci\u003eJazz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] charmingly bittersweet memoir.\"--\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a touching book about a painful, wonderful time in Boston...I loved it.\"--Anthony Lewis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNat Hentoff\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Boston in 1925 and lived there until he moved to New York City at the age of twenty-eight. For many years he has written a weekly column for the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e. His column for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Times\u003c\/i\u003e is syndicated in 250 newspapers, and he writes regularly about music for the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. For twenty-five years, he was a staff writer for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and for many years was a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. His numerous books cover subjects ranging from jazz music and musicians to civil rights and civil liberties, on which he is a recognized authority. He was jazz critic at \u003ci\u003eDown Beat\u003c\/i\u003e and has written liner notes for many important jazz recordings. His work has won him honors not only from the music industry, but also from the American Bar Association and the American Library Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nat Hentoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 096796752X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780967967523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Dry Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.49h x 5.37w x 0.61d","brand":"Nat Hentoff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947504664831,"sku":"9780967967523","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c5dbed97-ab4b-44e9-b930-f7823c937f02.jpg?v=1681519130","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/boston-boy-nat-hentoff-9780967967523","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}