The fiddler in the subway : the true of what happened when a world-class violinist played for handouts and other virtuoso performances by America's foremost feature writer
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Weingarten, Gene.
Published
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2010.
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.
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xvii, 363 pages : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Moab Library - Adult Non-fiction Book
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American wit and humor.

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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2010.
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Book
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1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.
Language
English

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Simply the best storyteller around, Weingarten describes the world as you think it is before revealing how it actually is—in narratives that are by turns hilarious, heartwarming, and provocative, but always memorable. Millions of people know the title piece about violinist Joshua Bell, which originally began as a stunt: What would happen if you put a world-class musician outside a Washington, D.C., subway station to play for spare change? Would anyone even notice? The answer was no. Weingarten’s story went viral, becoming a widely referenced lesson about life lived too quickly. Other classic stories—the one about “The Great Zucchini,” a wildly popular but personally flawed children’s entertainer; the search for the official “Armpit of America”; a profile of the typical American nonvoter—all of them reveal as much about their readers as they do their subjects.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Weingarten, G. (2010). The fiddler in the subway: the true of what happened when a world-class violinist played for handouts and other virtuoso performances by America's foremost feature writer (1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.). Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Weingarten, Gene. 2010. The Fiddler in the Subway: The True of What Happened When a World-class Violinist Played for Handouts and Other Virtuoso Performances By America's Foremost Feature Writer. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Weingarten, Gene. The Fiddler in the Subway: The True of What Happened When a World-class Violinist Played for Handouts and Other Virtuoso Performances By America's Foremost Feature Writer Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2010.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Weingarten, Gene. The Fiddler in the Subway: The True of What Happened When a World-class Violinist Played for Handouts and Other Virtuoso Performances By America's Foremost Feature Writer 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed., Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2010.

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