About this title: Lomax, who has done more than anyone else to make the black music of the South known as one of the glorious expressions of American art, sums up his 60 years of "discovering" the African-American musical heritage in this singular journey through the Mississippi Delta. 16 pages of photographs.
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Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780679404248ISBN:0679404244
Description: Good. Used item may show library stamps, stickers and marks. Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780679404248ISBN:0679404244
Description: Fair. No dust jacket. Ex-library. A well-used ex-library copy. Pages and cover have for a few library markings and stickers. Dustjacket is well worn and torn and has a mylar covering, which is a little discolored. Binding is loose, broken, and taped.... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780679404248ISBN:0679404244
Description: Fair. Dust Jacket Included. BB. Ex-library hardback with identifiers. Spine cracked. Front board nearly separated from binding. Text pages are clean, unmarked. Jacket protected by plastic. All items are carefully and securely packed to insure they arrive in the advertised condition. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780679404248ISBN:0679404244
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. text clean and tight, front endpg excised neatly. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 539 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Methuen
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780413678508ISBN:0413678504
Description: Hardcover, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition. Ships within 24 hours. pp., 1000grams, ISBN: 0413678504. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: NEW PR
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781565847392ISBN:1565847393
Description: New. Folklorist Lomax offers a rollicking memoir of his journey back into blues country. A "singingly well-written cornbread-and-moonshine odyssey" ("Kirkus Reviews"). of photos. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: NEW PR
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781565847392ISBN:1565847393
Description: New. Lomax's account of African American oral traditions provides information on such legendary bluesmen as Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and Son House. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Pr
Date Published: 2002-11-01
ISBN-13:9781565847392ISBN:1565847393
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781565847392. read more
Binding: Large Trade Paperback
Publisher: The New Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781565847392ISBN:1565847393
Description: Very Good. A rollocking memoir of legendary folklorist Alan Lomax's travels through the Mississippi Delta in the 1930's and 1940's. read more
"I read it in preparation for a trip to the Mississippi Delta. It took a little time to get into this book, but once there it was a fascinating read. As many others have noted, this book is partly a story about the blues and partly autobiography. The stories in this book were enlightening and entertaining. The book is equal parts story telling, historical data, and preaching about civil rights. Those stories are well told."
"presenting stories as necessary as the music he recorded, lomax has done us a great service in conceiving of this book, telling the tales of a white man in the black south. he should have left the writing to someone else, though."
"Not only is this a fascinating account of the roots of the blues, told in the voices of the people that were its living architects, but Alan Lomax's love for his interviewees and his real sympathy for their hard, hard lives rings through on every page. Lomax is personally responsible for saving some of the greatest folk musics of the world from being completely lost, and we owe him immensely for this grand service."
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