Living and Playing the Blues on Dockery Plantation-Farms
| Author | : James W. Swinnich |
| Publisher | : Outskirts Press |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2021-02-10 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1977232833 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781977232830 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (830 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Living and Playing the Blues on Dockery Plantation-Farms by : James W. Swinnich
Download or read book Living and Playing the Blues on Dockery Plantation-Farms written by James W. Swinnich and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2021-02-10 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of the Dockery Plantation-Farms encompasses from the 1890s through this very day. Thousands of black laborers and their families, until mechanization, defined the National Register of Historic Places site. Did the plantation witness the "birth of the blues?" Who besides Charley Patton was involved? Under what conditions did the place become an economic juggernaut and a site for blues music?
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