Wallace Stegner Wins National Book Award in 1976
Wallace Stegner's The Spectator Bird won the fiction prize at the National Book Awards. Irving Howe's World of Our Fathers captured the top historical prize, with Roots by Alex Haley noted for merit but excluded from the history category. Other winners included Norman Thomas: Last Idealist for biography and The Master Puppeteer for children's literature.
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Jethro Tull Rocks Long Beach Arena With Stage Flair
Jethro Tull led by Ian Anderson delivered a three hour Long Beach concert blending tight flute work and high energy guitar from Martin Barre. Anderson’s flamboyant stage presence and a 15 minute solo plus diverse material from Aqualung to Locomotive Breath energized a sizable crowd despite uneven studio recordings.
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