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Aretha From These Roots Aretha Franklin SIGNED 1st Edition Hardcover Dust Jacket
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    Item specifics

    Condition
    Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, ...
    Type
    Autobiography
    Signed By
    Aretha Franklin
    Literary Movement
    Autobiography, Music
    Era
    1990s
    Signed
    Yes
    Narrative Type
    Nonfiction
    Personalized
    No
    Features
    Dust Jacket
    Original Language
    English
    Country/Region of Manufacture
    United States
    Inscribed
    Yes
    Edition
    First Edition
    ISBN
    9780375500336

    About this product

    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Random House Publishing Group
    ISBN-10
    0375500332
    ISBN-13
    9780375500336
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    244403

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Aretha : from These Roots
    Number of Pages
    272 Pages
    Language
    English
    Topic
    Genres & Styles / Soul & R 'NB, Genres & Styles / Blues, Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts
    Publication Year
    1999
    Illustrator
    Yes
    Genre
    Music, Biography & Autobiography
    Author
    Aretha Franklin
    Format
    Hardcover

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    1 in
    Item Weight
    20 oz
    Item Length
    9.2 in
    Item Width
    6.1 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    LCCN
    99-038540
    Dewey Edition
    21
    Dewey Decimal
    782.421644/092 B
    Synopsis
    America's Queen of Soul recounts the story of her life, from her childhood as a minister's daughter in Detroit to her rise to success, offering insights into the faith and determination that have taken her to the top., Her soulful, soaring voice has earned her mythic status. Now, in her own moving words, the woman behind the myth is revealed. The result is a captivating self-portrait of one of this century's most fascinating artists, an Aretha Franklin as real as the songs she sings. For the first time anywhere, Aretha tells her story--the glorious triumphs as well as the heartbreaking pain. With refreshing candor, Aretha tells it like it is, the way she sees it, the way she lived it. A child prodigy of the golden age of gospel, the daughter of a world-famous preacher, Aretha was the anointed successor to Mahalia Jackson and Clara Ward. But her father had a broader vision and helped Aretha enter the field of pop and jazz. By age eighteen, she was under contract to Columbia Records. Six years later, after only a few minor hits, she switched to Atlantic, where she shook the musical world to its roots. Her song "Respect" became the anthem of an epoch, a touchstone for African Americans, for women, for all people struggling to be free. Aretha became the Queen of Soul, the genre's finest interpreter since Ray Charles. In Aretha: From These Roots, the singer gets up-close and personal. In rich detail, she paints a vivid picture of a Detroit long gone: the storefront churches, the basement parties, the explosive R & B shows. She documents her life as a single teenage mother, working to balance home life with career, coping with two challenging marriages and, later, romantic relationships that were the source of both tremendous joy and unforeseen heartache. Along the way, we meet the characters who lit up her life: her charismatic father, the Reverend C. L. Franklin, "the man with the million-dollar voice"; Sam Cooke, the man of her dreams; her singing sisters, Erma and Carolyn, and her manager-brother, Cecil; her famous colleagues--Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, Luther Vandross, and Luciano Pavarotti--as well as some famous rivals. Aretha emerges as a triumphant woman of rare wit, willing to share with us her passion for great music, great food, and great love affairs. Her book does more than illuminate some of the most exciting songs ever sung; it lets you into the heart and mind of the mesmerizing woman who sang them.
    LC Classification Number
    ML420.F778A3 1999
    As told to
    Ritz, David

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