Adventures of a Ballad Hunter
- Author: Lomax, John A.
It is hard to overstate the influence that the Lomaxes had on the subsequent interest in and development of North American song; equally, it is difficult for the modern reader to conceive of... — More…
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$22.50Contents
- Foreword by John A. Lomax III, John Nova Lomax, and Anna Lomax Wood
- Preface
- I. Boyhood in Bosque
- II. College
- III. Hunting Cowboy Songs
- IV. Twenty Years Interim
- V. American Ballads and Folk Songs
- VI. Penitentiary Negroes
- VII. Iron Head and Clear Rock
- VIII. Alabama Red Land
- IX. Burials, Baptizings and a Penitentiary Sermon
- X. Chanteys, Ballads, Work Songs and Calls
- XI. Some Interesting People
- XII. Melodies and Memories
- Index
