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Book 2009

Troubled Water

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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Language
English
Published
2009
  • Race relations
  • Kitty Hawk (Aircraft carrier)
  • United States. Navy
  • United States
  • African American sailors
  • Race discrimination
  • Mutiny
  • Naval History

Luckett explores the background and composition of Messiah--the often stormy relations between Handel and his librettist, the colorful lives and personalities of the original soloists, and the circumstances of the first performance in Dublin, 1742. Paintings, engravings, caricatures, and fascimiles.