What Charlie Heard

Winner of the 2005 Audie Award, this innovative portrait of a musical maverick is narrated by the author and illustrator, Mordicai Gerstein. Charles Ives, a great twentieth-century composer, expressed through songs what he heard in the world. This biography of the daring genius plays like a soundtrack of his life and applauds his unique contributions that live on despite the criticism and public scorn he endured.