Christine asked Beem Weeks:

How did you do your research for Jazz Baby? It was very good and meticulous!

Beem Weeks Hi, Christine. Thank you for your kind words. My research for Jazz Baby came from many different sources. Most importantly, I used a 1980s American History high school text book. This provided a solid foundation on which I set the scenes. I also watched several documentaries on the 1920s, which included the Ken Burns series on Prohibition that aired on PBS some years ago. My grandparents often told stories of their lives in the 1920s and 1930s. My grandfather, also a writer, had written a memoir of his teenage years spent working aboard a riverboat on the Mississippi River. That really gave me a feel for the era. And of course there's Google. Anything is possible with Google. Thank you so much for your question.

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