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Stompin' At the Savoy: The Story of Norma Miller


By Alan Governar

Reading Level: Late Elementary School
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Candlewick Press 2006

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A personal account of the Jazz Age, the Harlem Renaissance, the Savoy Ballroom, and Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, through the eyes of Norman Miller.

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