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Title The cool gent [electronic resource] : the nine lives of radio legend Herb Kent / Herb Kent and David Smallwood ; foreword by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Author Kent, Herb.
Publication Info. Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, c2009.
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 302 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill.
Note Includes index.
Contents 1928 -- Developing an on-air style -- The black giant -- Theater of the mind on radio -- Tales from the cool school -- About fame and celebrity -- Hitting rock botton -- Redemption -- Back to the future -- Looking back on a long road.
Summary Known as the Cool Gent, King of the Dusties, and the Mayor of Bronzeville, Herb Kent is one of radio's most illustrious and legendary stars. This autobiography details both the high and low points of Kent's life - including his poverty-stricken childhood in the Chicago housing projects and his straight-years at Northwestern University.
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Subject Kent, Herb.
African American disc jockeys -- Biography.
African-American disc jockeys.
Kent, Herb.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Radio -- Reference.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainment & Performing Arts.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts
Genre Electronic books.
Subject ocls african american ebooks
Added Author Smallwood, David.
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Related To Print version: Kent, Herb. Cool gent. Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, c2009 9781556527746 1556527748 (DLC) 2008022412 (OCoLC)227927872
ISBN 9781569762523 (electronic bk.)
156976252X (electronic bk.)
9781569762547 (electronic bk.)
1569762546 (electronic bk.)
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