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Ragtime Trilogy by Larry Karp

3 primary works • 3 total works
Scott Joplin, the African-American composer and pianist (books 1 and 2), and Brun Campbell, the "Ragtime Kid" (books 1 and 3), mostly in Sedalia, Missouri, in the Ragtime trilogy:

Book 1

The Ragtime Kid
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3.77 · 160 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2006 · 8 editions
Brun Campbell, a 15-year-old piano-playing fool, h…

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    Book 2

    The King of Ragtime
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    3.70     · 20 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2008 · 23 editions
    It's 1916, and time's running out for Scott Joplin…

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    Book 3

    The Ragtime Fool
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    3.53     · 15 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2010 · 12 editions
    It's 1951, and ragtime is making a comeback. In Se…

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