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In 1920s Harlem, sixteen-year-old Mark Purvis, an aspiring jazz saxophonist, gets a summer job as an errand boy for the publishers of the groundbreaking African American magazine, "The Crisis," but soon finds himself on the enemy list of mobster Dutch Shultz.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction. Harlem Renaissance > Juvenile fiction. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century > Fiction. Harlem Renaissance > Fiction. African Americans > Fiction. Coming of age > Fiction.

Description
Summary:	In 1920s Harlem, sixteen-year-old Mark Purvis, an aspiring jazz saxophonist, gets a summer job as an errand boy for the publishers of the groundbreaking African American magazine, "The Crisis," but soon finds himself on the enemy list of mobster Dutch Shultz.
Physical Description:	165 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	043936843X 9780439368438 0439916240 (hardcover) 9780439916240 (hardcover) 9781428733138 (BWI bdg.) 1428733132 (BWI bdg.)