Trumpeter’s Tale (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jeanette Eaton
- First Published: 1955
- Time of Work: 1900–1932
- Setting: New Orleans, Chicago, New York City, and the Mississippi River
- Principal Characters: Louis Armstrong, Mama, Great Grandma, Mr. Davis, Joe “King” Oliver, Fate Marable, Daisy Armstrong, Lil Hardin
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Segregation or integration, Family or family life, Racism, South or Southerners, Music or musicians, Marriage, Poverty or poor people, Jazz music, Songs or songwriters, Biography, Performing arts
- Locales: New York, NY, New Orleans, LA, Chicago, IL, Mississippi River
Form and Content
Jeanette Eaton’s Trumpeter’s Tale: The Story of Young Louis Armstrong is a fictionalized biography. In other words, though the story sticks to the facts of Armstrong’s life, it is written as if it were a novel, with detailed accounts of Armstrong’s thoughts and conversations from a young age. A reader with a strict concern for the truth might question how Eaton came by her knowledge of Armstrong’s innermost feelings, but it cannot be denied that, by choosing this approach, the author is able to render a compelling tale of Armstrong’s gradual...
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