Political Folk Music in America from Its Origins to Bob Dylan

by Lawrence J. Epstein

Many American folk singers have tried to leave their world a better place by writing songs of social protest. Musicians like Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez sang with fierce moral voices to transform what they saw as an uncaring society. But the personal tales of these guitar-toting idealists were often more tangled than the comparatively pure vision their art would suggest. Many singers produced work in the midst...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786448628
• ISBN13: 9780786448623
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher