Society for American Music Online Book Reviews Read new reviews of books on American music here! When Frankie Went to Hollywood: Frank Sinatra and American Male Identity. Reviewed by Ruth Prigozy. Karen McNally's When Frankie Went to Hollywood: Frank Sinatra and American Male Identity reviewed by Ruth Prigozy http://american-music.org//public_html/publications/bulletin/webrevspdfs/McNally_review_by_Prigozy.pdf A Counterpoint of Characters: the Music of Michael Colgrass. Reviewed by Joan O’Connor. Jeffrey Boeckman's A Counterpoint of Characters: the Music of Michael Colgrass reviewed by Joan O’Connor http://american-music.org//public_html/publications/bulletin/webrevspdfs/Colgrass_review_by_OConnor.pdf Lonesome Cowgirls and Honky-Tonk Angels: The Women of Barn Dance Radio. Reviewed by Jean Boyd. BKristine M. McCusker's Lonesome Cowgirls and Honky-Tonk Angels: The Women of Barn Dance Radio reviewed by SJean Boyd http://american-music.org/publications/bulletin/webrevspdfs/McCusker_review_by_Boyd.pdf Sing It Pretty: A Memoir by Bess Lomax Hawes. Reviewed by Susan Borwick. Bess Lomax Hawes's Sing It Pretty: A Memoir reviewed by Susan Borwick http://american-music.org/publications/bulletin/webrevspdfs/HawesreviewbyBorwick.pdf The Memoirs of Alton Augustus Adams, Sr.: First Black Bandmaster of the United States Navy. Edited by Mark Clague. Reviewed by Marva Carter. Mark Clague's The Memoirs of Alton Augustus Adams reviewed by Marva Carter http://american-music.org/publications/bulletin/webrevspdfs/AdamsreviewbyCarter.pdf California Polyphony: Ethnic Voices, Musical Crossroads. By Mina Yang. Reviewed by Catherine Parsons Smith. Mina Yang's California Polyphony reviewed by Catherine Parsons Smith http://american-music.org/publications/bulletin/webrevspdfs/YangReviewbySmith.pdf Making Easy Listening: Material Culture and Postwar American Recording. By Tim Anderson. Reviewed by Tim Brooks Tim Anderson's Making Easy Listening reviewed by Tim Brooks. http://american-music.org/publications/bulletin/webrevspdfs/BrooksonAnderson.pdf The American Musical and the Formation of National Identity. By Raymond Knapp. Reviewed by Jessica Sterfeld. Raymond Knapp's The American Musical and the Formation of National Identity reviewed by Jessica Sterfeld http://american-music.org/publications/bulletin/webrevspdfs/SternfeldonKnapp.pdf String Quartets Nos. 4-5. By George Whitefield Chadwick. Edited by Marianne Betz. Reviewed by Mark A. Zobel. Marianne Betz's edition of Chadwick string quartets reviewed by Mark A. Zobel http://american-music.org/publications/bulletin/webrevspdfs/ZobelonBetz.pdf