In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375700828ISBN-10:037570082XUPC:9780375700828Book Category:Music, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Customs & Traditions, United StatesBook Topic:Country & Bluegrass, State & LocalSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCQTJ1CP2G
In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music
In a series of indelible portraits of country music stars, Dawidoff reveals, among others, Jimmie Rodgers, the "father of Country"; Johnny Cash, the "Man in Black"; and Patsy Cline, a lonely figure striding out bravely in a man's world. In the Country of Country is a passionate and expansive account of a quintessentially American art form and the performers that made country music what it is...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375700828ISBN-10:037570082XUPC:9780375700828Book Category:Music, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Customs & Traditions, United StatesBook Topic:Country & Bluegrass, State & LocalSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCQTJ1CP2G
Nicholas Dawidoff is the author of The Catcher was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg and In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music, and is the editor of the Library of America's Baseball: A Literary Anthology. He is also a contributor to The New Yorker, The American Scholar, and The New York Times Magazine. A graduate of Harvard University, he has been a Guggenheim...
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