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Last Cavalier: The Life and Times of John A. Lomax, 1867-1948
Nolan Porterfield
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Paperback. Tells the story of the remarkable life and career of John A. Lomax, pioneering American folklorist, canny businessman, influential educator, and patriarch of an extended family of artists, performers, and scholars. Series: Folklore & Society. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGH; BGF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 700.
Winner of the Carr P. Collins Award and a Miss Ima Hogg Historical Achievement Award, Last Cavalier is the never-before-told story of the remarkable life and career of John A. Lomax, pioneering American folklorist, canny businessman, influential educator, and patriarch of an extended family of artists, performers, and scholars.
Winner of the Carr P. Collins Award and a Miss Ima Hogg Historical Achievement Award, Last Cavalier is the never-before-told story of the remarkable life and career of John A. Lomax, pioneering American folklorist, canny businessman, influential educator, and patriarch of an extended family of artists, performers, and scholars.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
Series
Folklore & Society
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252069710
SKU
V9780252069710
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About Nolan Porterfield
Nolan Porterfield is the author of Jimmie Rodgers: The Life and Times of America's Blue Yodeler, winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award; A Way of Knowing, a novel that won the Best Texas Novel Award of the Texas Institute of Letters; and "Jimmie Rodgers on Record," a monograph and discography that accompanied a Smithsonian reissue of the music of Jimmie ... Read more
Reviews for Last Cavalier: The Life and Times of John A. Lomax, 1867-1948
"A stunningly fair and objective portrait. Analytical, without being judgmental, Porterfield allows the 'facts' of Lomax's story to unfold themselves with narrative eloquence and perceptive grace."
Ron Pen, College Music Symposium "One of the most brilliant yet overlooked American culture volumes of recent vintage."
San Francisco Examiner "Here's something to sing about! ... Nolan Porterfield has written an ... Read more
Ron Pen, College Music Symposium "One of the most brilliant yet overlooked American culture volumes of recent vintage."
San Francisco Examiner "Here's something to sing about! ... Nolan Porterfield has written an ... Read more