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Woody Guthrie
A Life
by Joe Klein
Before he became Anonymous, author of the political novel Primary Colors , Joe Klein wrote this intelligent biography of America's legendary folksinger-activist. Klein's first book may not have created the fuss that Primary Colors did, but it attracted the attention of no less a celebrity than Bruce Springsteen, who used to cite it with respect during concerts before singing Guthrie's most famous lyric, ... (more)
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Bound for Glory
by Woody Guthrie
"Bound for Glory" is the autobiography of Woody Guthrie, the founder of modern American folk music. It is a funny, cynical, earthy and tragic account of his life in an Oklahoma oil-boom town, of the Depression that followed, and of his subsequent travels in, on, and under trains, in stolen cars and on his feet, round an America going rotten from the top downwards.
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A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend, and Folklore
A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend, and Folklore and Cuchulain of Muirthemne
by Lady Gregory
Introduce yourself to the noble heroes and magical creatures of Irish mythology. Includes the two definitive works on the subject by the giants of the Irish Renaissance. W.B. Yeates' Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry and Lady Gregory's Cuchulain of Muirthemne.
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The American Songbag
by Carl Sandburg
Sandburg was not only a poet but also a noted collector and performer of american folk music. This anthology contains words and music to 290 songs that people have sung in the making of americanca. New Introduction by Garrison Keillor; Prefatory Notes by the Author; Index.
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Singing Family of the Cumberlands
by Jean Ritchie
"The rich headnotes and photographs speak to the regional culture, the history of the songs and the family's life of simple, enduring values.-- Come-All-Ye " -- Come-All-Ye "Ritchie writes as she sings -- naturally and with an instinctive sense for rhythms. Her story of her rearing in the hill-circled town of Viper is simple, vivid, and moving.... A beautiful story of American living.-- New York Herald... (more)
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Irish Folk and Fairy Tales Omnibus
by Michael Scott
Here, collected in one volume, are tales and legends that range from the misty dawn of Gaelic history and the triumph of St Patrick to the Ireland of the present day ‹ tales as beautiful, mystical, and enchanting as the ancient land itself.
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The Rough-Face Girl
by Rafe Martin
In an Algonquin village by the shores of Lake Ontario, many young women have tried to win the affections of the powerful Invisible Being who lives with his sister in a great wigwam near the forest. Then came Rough-Face Girl, scarred from working by the fire. Can she succeed where her beautiful, cruel sisters have failed?.
The Collected Reprints from Sing Out!: The Folk Song Magazine, Volumes 7-12, 1964-1973Sing Out Editorial
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The Collected Reprints from Sing Out!: The Folk Song Magazine, Volumes 7-12, 1964-1973
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Society's Child
My Autobiography
by Janis Ian
Grammy Award–winning singer and songwriter Janis Ian’s memoir of her more than forty years in the music business . Janis Ian was catapulted into the spotlight in 1966 at the age of fifteen when her soul-wrenching song “Society’s Child” became a national hit. An intimate portrait of an interracial relationship, “Society’s Child” climbed the charts despite the fact that many radio stations across the country... (more)
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Stories of the Minds and Gods of India
by Roberto Calasso
"A giddy invasion of stories--brilliant, enigmatic, troubling, outrageous, erotic, beautiful." -- The New York Times Book Review "So brilliant that you can't look at it anymore--and you can't look at anything else. . . . No one will read it without reward." -- The Boston Globe With the same narrative fecundity and imaginative sympathy he brought to his acclaimed retelling of the Greek myths, Roberto Calasso... (more)
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The Man Who Moved a Mountain
by Richard C. Davids
This biography of Reverend Bob Childress of the Blue Ridge Mountains has been compared to the tales of Mark Twain and the Mississippi. Shows Childress' transforming effects on rough and wild mountain communities.
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The Dread Crew
by Kate Inglis
The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods contains things disgusting, rude, repulsive and crush-like in nature. It also includes the most gigantic party ever seen, a rampaging woodship, random explosions, a prison, an escape, inventions, blackberry sploosh and many, many secrets as well as unexplained stinks. This book is recommended for antsy boys who long for glory, for spritely girls inclined to reach out for... (more)
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Cold Pizza for Breakfast: A Mem-wha?
by Christine Lavin
As one of the top folk musicians in the country, Christine Lavin has seen it all--and she still loves the music and the life she feels privileged to lead. Published in honor of her twenty-fifth anniversary as a full-time, independent touring musician, Cold Pizza for Breakfast: A Mem-wha? is a memoir of road stories and adventures across the United States, Canada, and Australia. ''I've changed a few names to... (more)
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Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan
by Howard Sounes
Published to wide acclaim in 2001, Howard Sounes’s Down the Highway broke news about Dylan’s fiercely guarded personal life and set the standard as the most comprehensive and riveting biography on Bob Dylan. Now, substantially revised and updated for Dylan’s seventieth birthday, this edition continues to document the iconic songwriter’s life through new interviews and reporting, covering the release of Dylan’s... (more)
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Yuri's Brush with Magic
by Maureen Crane Wartski
Tammy and Ken's mother is in the hospital, and nobody knows if she'll recover. When Aunt Yuri arrives from Japan to take care of them, they set out to make her life difficult. But Yuri has tricks of her own. Soon the children uncover an old family secret and discover a nest of sea turtle eggs. But will they solve the summer's greatest mystery, the secret to Yuri's magic?
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Bob Dylan in America
by Sean Wilentz
One of America’s finest historians shows us how Bob Dylan, one of the country’s greatest and most enduring artists, still surprises and moves us after all these years. Growing up in Greenwich Village, Sean Wilentz discovered the music of Bob Dylan as a young teenager; almost half a century later, he revisits Dylan’s work with the skills of an eminent American historian as well as the passion of a fan. Drawn... (more)
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Bob Dylan, don't look back
by D. A. Pennebaker
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Yeats's Poetry, Drama and Prose
by W. B. Yeats
No other series of classic texts achieves the editorial standard of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with contextual and critical materials that bring the work to life for students. Careful editing, first-rate translation, thorough explanatory annotations, chronologies, and selected bibliographies make each text accessible to students while encouraging... (more)
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Irish Fairy and Folk Tales
by W. B. Yeats