Title: Riding on Duke's train
Description: Nine-year-old Danny, an orphan, hitches a ride on a train one night in 1937 Georgia and before he knows it, he has a home in Harlem with Duke Ellington, meets many famous musicians, and tours America and, later, the world with Duke's orchestra.
Subjects: Orphans, Jazz, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Fiction, Musicians, African Americans, Travel, History, Children's fiction, Musicians, fiction, Jazz, fiction, Orphans, fiction, African americans, fiction, Travel, fiction, Harlem (new york, n.y.), fiction, Europe, history, fiction
Places: Europe, Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
People: Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
Time periods: 20th century, 1918-1945