Sing It Pretty: A Memoir

by Bess Lomax Hawes

Bess Lomax Hawes grew up with her father John Lomax and brother Alan in the first family of American folk music. Her compelling account of the folk music boom of the mid-twentieth century and the development of "public-sector" folklore includes family friends Ruth Crawford Seeger and Carl Sandburg, fellow Almanac Singers Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, and other musicians and artists. Her own creative endeavors as producer of American folk culture...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252033132
• ISBN13: 9780252033131
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.0"