The Seven League Boots
The Seven League Boots by Albert Murray is a significant addition to the literary landscape, published by Vintage on February 4, 1997. This edition spans 384 pages and is presented in English. In this concluding volume of a trilogy that began with Whistle Guitar and The Spyglass Tree, Murray crafts an African American coming-of-age narrative intertwined with the vibrant backdrop of a touring jazz band during the Swing era. The story follows Scooter, who graduates from college in Alabama and joins a band led by the legendary Bossman, as they journey across the United States.
Readers will discover a rich tapestry of experiences as Scooter and his bandmates retrace historical routes, including Sherman’s march to the sea and the Underground Railroad. The Seven League Boots captures the essence of a jazz epic, blending vivid storytelling with the infectious spirit of music. This work explores themes of identity and cultural heritage, inviting readers to engage with the rhythm of its prose.
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In the triumphant concluding volume of the trilogy that began with Whistle Guitar and The Spyglass Tree, Albert Murray gives us what is at once an African American coming-of-age novel and a pitch-perfect evocation of a touring jazz band at the height of the Swing era. Murray’s hero, Scooter, graduates from an Alabama college and becomes a bass player in an ensemble headed by the legendary Bossman. As Scooter criss-crosses the United States, he and his bandmates find themselves retracing Sherman’s march to the sea, the Underground Railroad, and the conquest of the West. The Seven League Boots is nothing less than a jazz epic, so vivid, high-spirited, and infectious that readers will tap their feet to the music of its prose.
“A work of joy, of celebration…a great work of art, a rich and moving song of the human spirit.”–Los Angeles Times
“A fictional tale spinner in the grand Southern tradition.”–Washington Post Book World
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