Pryor Dodge edited ""Hot Jazz"" and ""Jazz Dance"", provocative articles on jazz, classical music and ballet, and authored The Bicycle, an illustrated survey. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi of the Nehru-Gandhi family, is a Member of Parliament, former Indian Cabinet Minister of Women & Child Development, an environmentalist and a founder of ""People for Animals"", India's largest animal welfare organization.
""Dodge's magnificent coffee table book (240 pages, 287 illustrations) is a visual feast, illuminated by beautifully written prose. A literary achievement reflecting a fifty-year effort from idea to publication. . . This fine-quality book mirrors one of the many characterizations of Ylla, as a 'stickler for quality.' Presented in a lively format, lovingly, admirably, clearly, thoughtfully, honestly, and sweepingly. Ylla's playfulness, 'sense of humor, ' charisma, and fearlessness jump out on every page.""-- ""Enchanted Prose""