Swing City: Newark Nightlife, 1925-50

By Barbara J. Kukla

When people think of the hottest cities of the Jazz Age and Swing Era, New York, Nashville, New Orleans, Memphis, Kansas City, and Chicago immediately spring to mind. But Newark, New Jersey was just as happening as each of these towns. On any given evening, you could listen to a legendary singer like Sarah Vaughan or laugh at the celebrated comedy of Red Foxx. Newark was a veritable maze of thriving theaters, clubs, and after-hours joints where the sporting folks rambled through the night.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877228744
• ISBN13: 9780877228745
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 1.0" x 8.3"