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In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music

by Nicholas Dawidoff

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ISBN13: 9780375700828
ISBN10: 037570082x
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From the author of the bestselling The Catcher Was a Spy comes an exhilarating exploration of the performers, places, and experiences which form country music--a genre which is uniquely and authentically American. 40 photos.

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Description:

Includes bibliographical references and index. Discography: p. 347-352.
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Nicholas Dawidoff is the author of The Catcher was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg and In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music, and is the editor of the Library of America’s Baseball: A Literary Anthology. He is also a contributor to The New Yorker, The American Scholar, and The New York Times Magazine. A graduate of Harvard University, he has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a Berlin Prize Fellow of the American Academy. He and his wife live in New York.
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ISBN:
9780375700828
Subtitle:
A Journey to the Roots of American Music
Author:
Dawidoff, Nicholas
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Country
Subject:
Country musicians
Subject:
Country music
Subject:
Country musicians -- United States.
Subject:
Country - General
Subject:
Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General
Copyright:
1997
Edition Description:
1st Vintage books ed., Discography: p. 347-352.
Publication Date:
April 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
8.04x5.04x.82 in. .78 lbs.
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