FEATURED AUTHOR - Willow Rose is a multi-million-copy bestselling author and an Amazon All-Star Author with a portfolio comprising more than 90 novels. Several of her works have ascended to the top 10 across all genres in the Amazon stores of the US, UK, and Canada. Her literary prowess extends globally, with over six million books sold and translations in numerous languages. Renowned for her knack for crafting fast-paced, nail-biting page-turners with unexpected twists, Willow Rose has earned the moniker "The…
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As official bandmaster to the President of the United States, Sousa recalls his own nightmares on the bandstand. There's the new president who doesn't like music, the visiting diplomat who's anthem is suddenly vanished from the bandbook, or the night only he and the bass drum turned out for the gig, the night the fireworks caught fire, and the first night they, the Union's Marine Band, was to play for the Confederate South.
There's not much structure to the book; they didn't care much about that sort of thing back then, Sousa just flits ad hoc from anecdote to anecdote like you're sitting in a pub with John Philip himself when he says, "Did I ever tell you about the time ..."