Stephen Longstreet

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They were light-years apart in their needs Journalist Sara Mellor realized that marriage was a serious commitment. It was Dave, the sensuous, famous sportsman--and her husband--who hadn't. They had both been deluded into believing that wanting and loving were one and the same thing. Now Sara was ready to admit defeat. Lovemaking hadn't been the problem. It was the world outside their shared passion that had created a rift so wide that divorce seemed the only answer. That and Dave's stubborn refusal to compromise. But Dave wanted one last favor from Sara before freeing her to marry someone else.

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1965

Entertaining remembrances of a jazz and songwriting great. The parts of the book about his early days in Bloomington, New York, and Hollywood are particularly evocative. Falls apart a bit as the story gets to the stage of his life when he's quite successful, having "made it" as a public personality. The tales of the Book Nook are amazing though. Well worth a read for anyone interested in his music, Bloomington history, the early days of jazz, or songwriting.