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Long Steel Rail
The Railroad in American Folksong (2d ed.)
Norm Cohen
Paper978-0-252-06881-2
$32.95
| Pub Date: | 2000 |
| Pages: | 768 pages |
| Illustrations: | 100 Photographs |
The biggest, best, and most authoritative source on Railroad Folksong.
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.
Awards:
Winner of an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, 1982.
Series:
Music in American Life
Subjects:
Music / Folklore / Popular Culture
