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Blind Boone: Piano Prodigy

120 pp. | Carolrhoda | December, 2003 | Library ISBN 1-57505-057-9 $$25.26
(3) K-3 Trailblazer Biography series. Son of a runaway slave, John William Boone lost his sight at the age of six months and began his performing career at fifteen. Boone combined classical music, spirituals, cakewalks, ragtime, and his own unique style to become one of the earliest professional black composers and concert pianists. The competent prose is illustrated with black-and-white photos. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Gail Hedges

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