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100 1 a| Lomax, John A.,c| Jr.q| (John Avery),d| 1907-1974.=| ^A1052961;

245 10 a| Adventures of a ballad hunter /c| by John A. Lomax ; sketches by Ken Chamberlain.;

260 a| New York :b| The Macmillan Company,c| 1947.;

300 a| xi, 302 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm;

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505 0 a| Preface -- Boyhood in Bosque -- College -- Hunting cowboy songs -- Twenty years interim -- American ballads and folk songs -- Penitentiary Negroes -- Iron head and clear rock -- Alabama red land -- Burials, baptizings and a penitentiary sermon -- Chanteys, ballads, work songs and calls -- Some interesting people -- Melodies and memories.;

520 a| When young John Lomax of Texas set off for college, he carried at the bottom of his trunk a small roll of cowboy songs. Several years later he summoned up courage to show them to one of his professors--a courteous and kindly Anglo-Saxon scholar--who advised him that frontier literature was tawdry, cheap, and unworthy, and that he had better devote himself to great literature. Luckily for Americans, he disregarded this advice and set out instead on a life of ballad collecting. What a full, exciting, and interesting life it has been! Adventures of a Ballad Hunter is John Lomax's story of his life. And because of the kind of life he has lived, it is the story of not one, but many Americans: of cowboys crooning to their dogies; of the last of the Ohio Canal Captains; of blind old Emma Dusenberry singing of knights in golden armor; of Henry Truvillion, head tracklayer, who kept his men moving by his songs and calls; of Sin Killer Griffin's memorable Calvary sermon in the Texas Penitentiary; of Lead Belly and Iron Head and Clear Rock; of saloons and dances; of camp meetings and burials and baptisings. In his many years of travel up and down the land seeking the songs Americans sing, John Lomax has come closer to the heart of America than almost any man of our times. Here in his book you will find the rich, racy flavor of American speech, the color and feeling of the various regions of our country, the independence and strength of its people, and story after fascinating story of their lives.;

545 a| John A. Lomax, outstanding authority on the folk songs of America, has been president of the American Folk-Lore Society, and of the Texas Folk-Lore Society, which he founded in 1911. For a number of years he served on the faculty of the University of Texas, and he is now honorary curator of the Archives of American Folk Song of the Library of Congress. He has lectured in every state of the union except three, mostly before college and university audiences.;

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650 0 a| Ballads, Englishz| United Statesx| History and criticism.=| ^A990301;

700 1 a| Chamberlain, Kenneth Russell,d| 1891-1984,e| illustrator.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

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Adventures of a ballad hunter / by John A. Lomax ; sketches by Ken Chamberlain.

Author/creator	Lomax, John A.
Other author	Chamberlain, Kenneth Russell, 1891-1984, illustrator.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : The Macmillan Company, 1947.
Description	xi, 302 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects	Lomax, John A. (John Avery), 1867-1948. Ethnomusicologists--United States. --Biography. Ballads, English--United States. --History and criticism.

Contents	Preface -- Boyhood in Bosque -- College -- Hunting cowboy songs -- Twenty years interim -- American ballads and folk songs -- Penitentiary Negroes -- Iron head and clear rock -- Alabama red land -- Burials, baptizings and a penitentiary sermon -- Chanteys, ballads, work songs and calls -- Some interesting people -- Melodies and memories.
Abstract	When young John Lomax of Texas set off for college, he carried at the bottom of his trunk a small roll of cowboy songs. Several years later he summoned up courage to show them to one of his professors--a courteous and kindly Anglo-Saxon scholar--who advised him that frontier literature was tawdry, cheap, and unworthy, and that he had better devote himself to great literature. Luckily for Americans, he disregarded this advice and set out instead on a life of ballad collecting. What a full, exciting, and interesting life it has been! Adventures of a Ballad Hunter is John Lomax's story of his life. And because of the kind of life he has lived, it is the story of not one, but many Americans: of cowboys crooning to their dogies; of the last of the Ohio Canal Captains; of blind old Emma Dusenberry singing of knights in golden armor; of Henry Truvillion, head tracklayer, who kept his men moving by his songs and calls; of Sin Killer Griffin's memorable Calvary sermon in the Texas Penitentiary; of Lead Belly and Iron Head and Clear Rock; of saloons and dances; of camp meetings and burials and baptisings. In his many years of travel up and down the land seeking the songs Americans sing, John Lomax has come closer to the heart of America than almost any man of our times. Here in his book you will find the rich, racy flavor of American speech, the color and feeling of the various regions of our country, the independence and strength of its people, and story after fascinating story of their lives.
Biographical note	John A. Lomax, outstanding authority on the folk songs of America, has been president of the American Folk-Lore Society, and of the Texas Folk-Lore Society, which he founded in 1911. For a number of years he served on the faculty of the University of Texas, and he is now honorary curator of the Archives of American Folk Song of the Library of Congress. He has lectured in every state of the union except three, mostly before college and university audiences.
LCCN	47030155

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