Author: John P. McWilliams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521373220
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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John McWilliams's 1990 book was the first thorough account of the many attempts to fashion an epic literature (the anxiously anticipated 'American Epic') from a wide range of potentially heroic New World subjects.
Author: Grace McEntee Jones
Publisher:
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Category : Epic literature, American
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Author: Donald E. Hubele
Publisher:
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Category : Epic literature, American
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Author: Drummond Welburn
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Author: James Truslow Adams
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 141284701X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 455
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Originally published in 1931 by Little, Brown, and Company.
Author: Alice Lee Marriott
Publisher: Signet Book
ISBN: 9780451610355
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Author: Bernard MacMahon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501135600
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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In the 1920s, as radio took over the pop music business, record companies were forced to leave their studios in major cities in search of new styles and markets. The recordings they made of the ethnic groups of America helped democratize the nation and gave a voice to all its people: a woman picking cotton in Mississippi, a coal miner in Virginia, or a tobacco farmer in Tennessee could have his or her thoughts and feelings heard on records played in living rooms across the country. These records blended the intertwining strands of Europe, Africa, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas and formed the bedrock for modern music as we know it. Today, virtually no documentation of these extraordinary events survives, and nearly 90 percent of the music masters have been destroyed. Bernard MacMahon and Allison McGourty spent years traveling around the U.S. on a mission to rescue this history, interviewing hundreds of families and scouring attics and basements, collecting vintage film footage and hundreds of photographs that haven't been seen in nearly a century. This written account continues the journey of the PBS television series and features additional stories, photographs, and artwork. It also contains contributions from many of the musicians who participated, including Taj Mahal, Nas, Willie Nelson, and Steve Martin, plus a behind-the-scenes look at the incredible adventure across America in search of these recordings and eyewitness accounts.
Author: John P. McWILLIAMS (jr)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Author: Lois Winner Mervyn
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Category : Epic poetry, American
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Author: Drummond Welburn
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 381
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