Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
The American Shropshire Sheep Record
Author: Mortimer LeveringPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sheep
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Includes constitution, rules and breeders of the Association.
Annual Report
Author: Ohio State Board of AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Includes abstract of the Proceedings of the county agricultural societies.
Steel Drivin' Man
Author: Scott Reynolds NelsonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019974114X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
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.
Herd Register
Author: American Jersey Cattle ClubPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Field Illustrated
Author: Publications of the Rhode Island Historical Society
Author: Rhode Island Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
From 1893-1900 the Publications of the Society include its Proceedings, 1892/93-1899/1900.
Jersey Bulletin and Dairy Word
Author: American Biography
Author: Leon Kirchner
Author: Robert RiggsPublisher: University Rochester Press
ISBN: 1580463436
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
In addition to Riggs's extensive interviews with the composer, the biography is documented with Kirchner's colorful correspondence from a roster of luminaries: Saul Bellow, Leonard Bernstein, Edward Cone, Aaron Copland, Darius Milhaud, Isaac Stern, Roger Sessions, and many others. Excerpts from Kirchner's own elegantly written essays and speeches complete the portrait and reveal his highly personal, romantic view of music as powerful art capable of endowing humanity with an "aesthetic sensibility and protective wisdom, without which we cannot survive." --Book Jacket.