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IDIOM SAVANT: SLANG AS IT IS SLUNG. Jerry Dunn. New York: Henry Holt, 1997, 296 pp., $25.00. Reviewed by Candace R. Benefiel.
MAKING MUSIC YOUR BUSINESS: A GUIDE FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS. David Ellefson. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 1997, illustrated, 144 pp., paperback, $14.95. Reviewed by Ed Loera.
THE OTHER FIFTIES: INTERROGATING MIDCENTURY AMERICAN ICONS. Edited by Joel Foreman. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1996, illustrated, 336 pp., $17.95. Reviewed by Margaret E. Johnson.
THE UKULELE: A VISUAL HISTORY. Jim Beloff. New York: Miller Freeman Books, 1997, illustrated, 111 pp., $24.95. Reviewed by Paul Mercer.
KEYBOARD PRESENTS THE HAMMOND ORGAN: BEAUTY IN THE B. Mark Vail. New York: Miller Freeman Books, 1997, illustrated, 239 pp., $24.95. Reviewed by Paul Mercer.
THE NATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS SONG READER: PATRIOTIC, TRADITIONAL, AND SACRED SONGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. William E. Studwell. New York: Harrington Park Press (an imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc.), 1996, paperback, 173 pp., $14.95. Reviewed by Suzanne Wise.
PRISON TATTOOS. Douglas Kent Hall. New York: St. Martins Griffin, 1997, illustrated, 96 pp., $16.95. Reviewed by Christine Whittington.