[Dixielandjazz] Burt Wilson's book "Shakey And Me"

Robert S. Ringwald robert at ringwald.com
Sun Feb 17 19:58:28 PST 2008


Robert Pulliam wrote:

> Thought I'd offer an unsolicited plug for Burt's book "Shakey And Me". 
> I've been reading it a few pages at a time - I'm about 1/2 way through it, 
> though it's not a long book.
>
> It's an engaging, fun piece of reading and Burt does a good job of 
> painting a picture of the events. It's written in a natural, informal 
> style as if he were sitting on the back porch with you reminiscing.
(snip)

For those of you who don't know, if you saw the recent Ken Burns on WWII, 
Burt was interviewed for the show and is seen several times throughout the 
series talking about what it was like as a young boy, growing up in 
Sacramento during the war.

--Bob Ringwald

 




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