Birth of the Cool

Section 18270

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    • Baldwin. Going to Meet the Man. (Required)
      ISBN: 9780679761792
      New: $15.95
      Used: $12.00
      Rental: $10.37 (New), $6.38 (Used)
    • Leland. Hip: The History. (Required)
      ISBN: 9780061866074
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    • Dinerstein. Origins of Cool in Postwar America. (Required)
      ISBN: 9780226599069
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      Used: $17.00
    • Griffin. In Search of Billie Holiday. (Required)
      ISBN: 9780345449733
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    • Leland. Hip: The History. (Required)
      ISBN: 9780060528188
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    • O'Brien. Cool School: Writing from America's Hip Underground. (Required)
      ISBN: 9781598532562
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    • Davis. Miles. (Required)
      ISBN: 9781451643183
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    • Hoban. Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art. (Required)
      ISBN: 9780704374041
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    • Jones. Blues People. (Required)
      ISBN: 9780688184742
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      Rental: $11.99 (New), $6.40 (Used)
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