Long Steel Rail

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  • Long Steel Rail Book Detail

  • Author : Norm Cohen
  • Release Date : 2000
  • Publisher : University of Illinois Press
  • Genre : Music
  • Pages : 774
  • ISBN 13 : 9780252068812
  • File Size : 23,23 MB

Long Steel Rail by Norm Cohen PDF Summary

Book Description: Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-Bound Train" and "Casey Jones," with their music, sources, history, and variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.

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