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Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong (2d ed.) (Music in American Life) by Norm Cohen; music edited by David Cohen is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong (2d ed.) (Music in American Life) about?

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, variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.

Author

Norm Cohen; music edited by David Cohen

Publisher

Urbana: University of Illinois Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780252068812

Subjects

Music, History, Arts