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Author Kent, Herb.

Title The cool gent : the nine lives of radio legend Herb Kent / Herb Kent and David Smallwood ; foreword by Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Publication Info. Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
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.
Note Print version record.
Subject Kent, Herb.
African American disc jockeys -- Biography.
African American disc jockeys.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Radio -- Reference.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainment & Performing Arts.
Added Author Smallwood, David M.
Other Form: Print version: Kent, Herb. Cool gent. Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, ©2009 9781556527746 1556527748 (DLC) 2008022412 (OCoLC)227927872
ISBN 9781569762523 (electronic bk.)
156976252X (electronic bk.)
9781569762547 (electronic bk.)
1569762546 (electronic bk.)
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