Long Steel Rail

Author : Norm Cohen
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252068812
Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Long Steel Rail written by Norm Cohen and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Luigi Monge
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496841778
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wasn’t That a Mighty Day written by Luigi Monge and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wasn’t That a Mighty Day: African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster takes a comprehensive look at sacred and secular disaster songs, shining a spotlight on their historical and cultural importance. Featuring newly transcribed lyrics, the book offers sustained attention to how both Black and white communities responded to many of the tragic events that occurred before the mid-1950s. Through detailed textual analysis, Luigi Monge explores songs on natural disasters (hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and earthquakes); accidental disasters (sinkings, fires, train wrecks, explosions, and air disasters); and infestations, epidemics, and diseases (the boll weevil, the jake leg, and influenza). Analyzed songs cover some of the most well-known disasters of the time period from the sinking of the Titanic and the 1930 drought to the Hindenburg accident, and more. Thirty previously unreleased African American disaster songs appear in this volume for the first time, revealing their pertinence to the relevant disasters. By comparing the song lyrics to critical moments in history, Monge is able to explore how deeply and directly these catastrophes affected Black communities; how African Americans in general, and blues and gospel singers in particular, faced and reacted to disaster; whether these collective tragedies prompted different reactions among white people and, if so, why; and more broadly, how the role of memory in recounting and commenting on historical and cultural facts shaped African American society from 1879 to 1955.

Author : William Hamilton Sellew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steel Rails written by William Hamilton Sellew and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Scott Reynolds Nelson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198041047
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steel Drivin' Man written by Scott Reynolds Nelson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ballad "John Henry" is the most recorded folk song in American history and John Henry--the mighty railroad man who could blast through rock faster than a steam drill--is a towering figure in our culture. In Steel Drivin' Man, Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts the true story of the man behind the iconic American hero, telling the poignant tale of a young Virginia convict who died working on one of the most dangerous enterprises of the time, the first rail route through the Appalachian Mountains. Using census data, penitentiary reports, and railroad company reports, Nelson reveals how John Henry, victimized by Virginia's notorious Black Codes, was shipped to the infamous Richmond Penitentiary to become prisoner number 497, and was forced to labor on the mile-long Lewis Tunnel for the C&O railroad. Equally important, Nelson masterfully captures the life of the ballad of John Henry, tracing the song's evolution from the first printed score by blues legend W. C. Handy, to Carl Sandburg's use of the ballad to become the first "folk singer," to the upbeat version by Tennessee Ernie Ford. Attractively illustrated with numerous images, Steel Drivin' Man offers a marvelous portrait of a beloved folk song--and a true American legend.

Author : Ernest Ingersoll
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science News written by Ernest Ingersoll and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 992 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Author : Massachusetts. Board of Railroad Commissioners
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report on the Subject of Steel Rails ... written by Massachusetts. Board of Railroad Commissioners and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engineering and Mining Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1466 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iron Trade Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engineering News and American Railway Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: