[Dixielandjazz] Tunes - Composer History

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Is there any book in print that gives a succinct history of tunes and composers from lets say 1900-1930

Failing that where online would be a good source for musical tidbits about these tunes.

Speaking of that the other night I watched a show on the history of Dogs.  It seems that the Louisiana Yellow Dog is a unique breed of dogs and is genetically directly related to a group of dogs in India and another in China which makes them contemporary with the migration of humans across the land bridge that existed between Alaska and Russia.  These dogs run more or less wild and are only slightly domesticated.  All live in extremely primitive and remote parts of the world.

Might make an interesting intro for the Yellow Dog Blues.