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Tammy Wynette : Tragic Country Queen by McDonough, Jimmy is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Tammy Wynette : Tragic Country Queen about?
The first full-scale biography of the enduring first lady of country music The twentieth century had three great female singers who plumbed the darkest corners of their hearts and transformed private grief into public dramas. In opera, there was the unsurpassed Maria Callas. In jazz, the tormented Billie Holiday. And in country music, there was Tammy Wynette. "Stand by Your Man," "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," "Take Me to Your World" are but a few highlights of Tammy's staggering musical legacy, all sung with a voice that became the touchtone for women's vulnerability, disillusionment, strength, and endurance. In Tammy Wynette , bestselling biographer Jimmy McDonough tells the story of the small-town girl who grew up to be the woman behind the microphone, whose meteoric rise led to a decades-long career full of tragedy and triumph. Through a high-profile marriage and divorce, her dreadful battle with addiction and illness, and the struggle to compete in a rapidly evolving Nashville, Tammy turned a brave smile toward the world and churned out masterful hit songs though her life resembled the most heartbreaking among them. Tammy Wynette is an intimate portrait of a music icon, the Queen of Heart
Who reads Tammy Wynette : Tragic Country Queen?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- McDonough, Jimmy
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780143118886
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Music, History, Biography
- Rating
- 3.71 / 5 (189 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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