LIFE FLOWS ON IN ENDLESS SONG: FOLK SONGS AND AMERICAN HISTORY

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LIFE FLOWS ON IN ENDLESS SONG: FOLK SONGS AND AMERICAN HISTORY by Robert V. Wells: An engaging survey of what folk songs tell us about the American past. Wells discusses how folk songs emerged from particular historical circumstances and evolved as they migrated from one region to another. Crafting a sociological map of four centuries of American history, he investigates how songs embody shifting attitudes toward the institution of the family, war and religion, work and the labor movement, transportation, and slavery and Jim Crow. Discusses Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie. With a selective discography of key recordings. 240 pp.
#542-239 .. $25.00