That American Rag: The Story of Ragtime from Coast to Coast

About this book

A lively cultural history of the music that captivated America. Beginning with Scott Joplins million-selling hit Maple Leaf Rag published in 1899 the authors take you on a tour of American ragtime composing and publishing. Along the way you will read the story of hundreds of composers - men and women black and white young and old - who took that ragtime beat from small-town America to the stages of Broadway and Carnegie Hall - and beyond.