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| Author | : Jean Ritchie |
| File Size | : 48,5 Mb |
| Publisher | : New York : Oxford University Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 16 June 2024 |
| ISBN | : UOM:39015000192453 |
| Pages | : 300 pages |
Autobiography of an American folk-singer, who grew up in the Cumberland mountains. With the words and music of many songs.
Autobiography of an American folk-singer, who grew up in the Cumberland mountains. With the words and music of many songs.
Get BookThe "singing family" of which Jean Ritchie writes is that of her parents, Balis and Abigail Ritchie, and their fourteen children, all born and reared in Viper, Kentucky, deep in the Cumberland Mountains. Jean, the youngest of the clan, grew up to be a world renowned folksinger. But she was
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