Long Steel Rail - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Long Steel Rail write by Norm Cohen. This book was released on 2000. Long Steel Rail available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Standard Steel Rail Section
Standard Steel Rail Section - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Standard Steel Rail Section write by Pennsylvania Steel Company. This book was released on 1872. Standard Steel Rail Section available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Wasn’t That a Mighty Day
Wasn’t That a Mighty Day - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wasn’t That a Mighty Day write by Luigi Monge. This book was released on 2022-09-15. Wasn’t That a Mighty Day available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Steel Rails
Steel Rails - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Steel Rails write by William Hamilton Sellew. This book was released on 1913. Steel Rails available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Steel Drivin' Man
Steel Drivin' Man - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Steel Drivin' Man write by Scott Reynolds Nelson. This book was released on 2006-09-28. Steel Drivin' Man available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
