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It is a breathtaking tour through the life of one of America's most prophetic and relevant cultural icons

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the past is remarkably vivid in On the Clock: her childhood memories of their bleak small town and of summer vacations spent at campgrounds by the sea in Brittany

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¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines Classics_Gift_Guide absent motherNew York Citys desegregated Palladium Ballroom springs to life with a diverse 1940s cast in this jazzy picture book tribute to the history of mambo and Latin jazz. Millie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood. Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood. It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to dance together . . . until first a band and then a ballroom broke the rules. Machito and His Afro Cubans hit the