David Hajdu




David Hajdu

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born
January 01, 1955

gender
male

place of birth
Phillipsburg, New Jersey, The United States

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genre
Biographies & Memoirs, History


about this author

DAVID HAJDU is the author of Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn and Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina. He is a critic for The New Republic and a professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. He lives in New York City."




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avg rating: 3.73 | 904 ratings | 215 reviews | 9 distinct works | 2 fans
Positively 4th Street: The Liv... Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina
by David Hajdu
avg rating 3.78 — 405 ratings — published 2001
10 editions
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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great... The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America
by David Hajdu
avg rating 3.64 — 366 ratings — published 2008
9 editions
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Lush Life: A Biography of Bill... Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
by David Hajdu
avg rating 4.07 — 69 ratings — published 1997
5 editions
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Discovering Great Singers of C... Discovering Great Singers of Classic Pop: A New Listener's Guide to the Sounds and Lives of the Top Performers and Their Recordings, Movies, and Vid (The Newmarket discovering great music series book)
by Roy Hemming, David Hajdu
avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 1991
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Musicians on Music: Jazz Musicians on Music: Jazz
by David Hajdu (Editor)
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 2007
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Discovering Great Singers of C... Discovering Great Singers of Classic Pop: A New Listener's Guide to the Sounds and Lives of the Top Performers and Their Recordings, Movies, and Vid
by Roy Hemming, David Hajdu
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1992
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Heroes and Villains: Essays on... Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture
by David Hajdu
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2009
2 editions
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Video Review's Best on Home Vi... Video Review's Best on Home Video
by David Hajdu (Editor)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1985
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How to Shoot Your Kids on Home... How to Shoot Your Kids on Home Video: Moviemaking for the Whole Family
by David Hajdu
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1994
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David Hajdu on tour for the book "The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America"
Author appearance, November 20, 2009 07:00PM
Barnes and Noble, 3454 Erie Blvd East Dewitt, Syracuse, NY, The United States

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