The King of Ragtime

By Larry Karp

Subjects: Ragtime music, Composers, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Fiction, Musicians, Composers, New york (n.y.), fiction

Description: It's 1916, and time's running out for Scott Joplin. Before he dies, he wants to secure his place in history by writing a musical drama. When Irving Berlin flatly denies receiving the manuscript, Joplin's young piano student, Martin Niederhoffer, resorts to hiring a hit man.