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Pistol Packin' Mama: Aunt Molly Jackson and the Politics of Folksong (Music in American Life)
Pistol Packin' Mama Aunt Molly Jackson and the Politics of Folksong - Music in American Life
Author: Shelly Romalis
A coal miner's daughter, Jackson grew up in eastern Kentucky, married a miner, and became a midwife, labor activist, and songwriter. Fusing hard experience with the rich Appalachian musical tradition, her songs became weapons of struggle. In 1931, at age fifty, she was "discovered" and brought north. There, she was sponsored and be...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780252024214
ISBN-10: 0252024214
Publication Date: 11/1/1998
Pages: 239
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Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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