Contains letters, magazine articles, autobiographical writings, and essays by the jazz musicia Armstrong recounts his early life in New Orleans, his experiences in Chicago and New York during the 1920s, his crowning as "King of the Zulus," and his late years in Queens, New York. Here is a dimension of Louis Armstrong that includes the history of jazz and, he history of American culture. ``Swing a Lot of Type Writing'': An Introduction to Louis Armstrong's Writings vii Editorial Policy xxv Acknowledgments xxvii I. ``Home Sweet Home'': Childhood and Apprenticeship in New Orleans 1(44) ``Louis Armstrong + the Jewish Family in New Orleans, La., the Year of 1907'' (March 31, 1969--1970) 3(34) ``Joe Oliver Is Still King'' (1950) 37(3) ``Bunk Didn't Teach Me'' (1950) 40(2) Letter to Isidore Barbarin (September 1, 1922) 42(3) II. ``Some Kind of a God'': Chicago, New York, and California, 1922--1931 45(92) ``The Armstrong Story'' (1954) 47(30) Letters to Robert Goffin (May 7 and July 19, 1944) 77(5) The ``Goffin Notebooks'' (ca. 1944) 82(29) ``The Satchmo Story'' (early 1959) 111(16) ``Jazz on a High Note'' (1951) 127(10) III. ``Book Anywhere--Anytime'': Life on the Road during the 1940s and 1950s 137(30) Early Years with Lucille (ca. 1970) 139(6) Letter to Leonard Feather (September 18, 1941) 145(5) Letter to Betty Jane Holder (February 9, 1952) 150(7) Letter to Joe Glaser (August 2, 1955) 157(7) ``Lombardo Grooves Louis!'' (1949) 164(3) IV. ``Music Has No Age.'': Late Years in Corona, New York 167(24) Letter to L/Cpl. Villec (1967) 169(4) ``Scanning the History of Jazz'' (1960) 173(3) ``Our Neighborhood'' (ca. 1970) 176(3) Open Letter to Fans (June 1, 1970) 179(10) ``Goodbye to All of You'' (1969) 189(2) Appendix 191(30) Bibliography of Writings 221(4) Louis Armstrong Works Cited 225(4) Annotated Index of Proper Names, Places, Songs, and Shows 229