num_pages: 192
description: In this unique homage to an American icon, journalist and award-winning author Pete Hamill evokes the essence of Sinatra--examining his art and his legend from the inside, as only a friend of many years could do. Shaped by Prohibition, the Depression, and war, Francis Albert Sinatra became the troubadour of urban loneliness. With his songs, he enabled millions of others to tell their own stories, providing an entire generation with a sense of tradition and pride belonging distinctly to them.
language: English
title: Why Sinatra Matters
titlecomplete: Why Sinatra Matters
genres: Biography, Music, Memoir, Nonfiction, Essays, Biography Memoir, New York, Pop Culture, Journalism, History
ratings_count: 1042
publisher: Little, Brown and Company