Drawing on memoirs, oral histories, newspapers, magazines, recordings, photographs, literature, and films, Stowe looks at New Deal America through its music and

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The story, based on extensive individual interviews, of the women’s swing bands that toured extensively during World War II and after -- a kind of “League o