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What is Guitar : an American life about?
From humble folk instrument to American icon, the story of the guitar is told in this "exceptionally well-written" memoir by the NPR commentator ( Guitar Player). In this blend of personal memoir and cultural history, National Public Radio commentator Tim Brookes narrates the long and winding history of the guitar in the United States as he recounts his own quest to build the perfect instrument. Pairing up with a master artisan from the Green Mountains of Vermont, Brookes learns how a perfect pi
Who reads Guitar : an American life?
It is typically read by artists, cooks, musicians and hobbyists working from how-to references.
Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.
- Author
- Tim Brookes, Tim Brookes
- Publisher
- Grove Press : distributed by Random House; Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781555846138
- Category
- music
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Science, Poetry
- Rating
- 3.96 / 5 (179 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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