Long Steel Rail
- Author : Norm Cohen
- Publisher : University of Illinois Press
- File Size : 50,8 Mb
- Release : 04 December 2023
- ISBN : 0252068815
- Page : 774 pages
- Rating : 4/5 (21 users)
Summary: Long Steel Rail PDF is a Fantastic Folk music book by Norm Cohen. It was published by University of Illinois Press on 04 December 2023. This Book has 774 pages and Available to download in PDF, EPUB and Kindle Format. Read detail book and summary below and click download button to get book file and read directly from your devices.
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.