Title:
My old Kentucky home : the astonishing life and reckoning of an iconic American song / Emily Bingham.
ISBN:
9780525520795
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
©2022
Physical Description:
xx, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
"A Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Preface: The forgetting -- 'Tis summer, the darkies are gay : Stephen Foster, Ethiopian song-writer -- Corn top's ripe : white men's music -- Little cabin floor : "Negro" minstrelsy -- Sun shines bright : white reunification -- To tote the weary load : the burden of black uplift -- Where all was delight : creating the Old Kentucky home -- We will sing one song : fostering an American consensus -- Wherever the darky may go : the D-word as destiny -- They sing no more : black power and back to Bardstown -- Weep no more : a sonic monument -- Coda: My old Kentucky HOME.
Summary:
"A history of the popular song 'My Old Kentucky Home' and its impact on American culture"-- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
on1264272752
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
