Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

xiii, 473 pp. "...the true story of the man who created, nurtured, and dominated the most popular and the most memorable of all the big dance bands... The book traces the career of Glenn Miller from his early days as an under-privileged Midwestern schoolboy who 'just had to have that trombone!' through his struggling years as a sideman, and his development as a successful musician, arranger, and eventually organizer of bands for other leaders."