Albert Murray Books
The seven league boots
The Seven League Boots tells the story of Scooter, a recent graduate from an Alabama college during the Swing Era, who is hired as a temporary bass player in the traveling band of the legendary jaz...
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The blue devils of Nada
The Blue Devils of Nada is a powerful and profound introduction to and elaboration of the blues aesthetic by one of the most percipient observers of the American cultural scene. It gives the refine...
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The Spyglass Tree
By “our premier writer about jazz and the blues . . . and a fictional tale spinner in the grand Southern tradition” (Washington Post Book World), The Spyglass Tree is a deeply...
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South to a Very Old Place
The highly acclaimed novelist and biographer Albert Murray tells his classic memoir of growing up in Alabama during the 1920s and 1930s in South to a Very Old Place. Intermingling remembrances...
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The Seven League Boots
In the triumphant concluding volume of the trilogy that began with Whistle Guitar and The Spyglass Tree, Albert Murray gives us what is at once an African American coming-of-age novel and a pitch-p...
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