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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, and variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.
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About the Author
Norm Cohen, retired from the Chemical Kinetics Department at the Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles, lives in Portland with his wife and son and teaches chemistry and folk music part time.
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"Norm Cohen has not only filled a gap, he has applied mature scholarship, historical sensibility, enthusiasm, and love to produce a major work on folk lore, folk song, and the railroads' pervasive impact on popular culture".
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- PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0252068815
- ISBN 13 9780252068812
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages768
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