Acknowledgements

Although Swan is a work of fiction, I made an effort to place my fictional characters in settings that were faithful to places and times. Several books and authors were particularly helpful, including:

Haskins, James. Black Music in America: A History Through Its People. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1987.

Huey, Brenda. The Blackest Land, The Whitest People: Greenville Texas. Bloomington: AuthorHouse, 2006.

Spinney, Robert G. City of Big Shoulders: A History of Chicago. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2000.

Ward, Geoffrey C. and Ken Burns. Jazz: A History of America’s Music. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.