Our Singing Country this book shows all types

this book shows all types of writing must respond to psychological wants of the listener and how similar goals may be achieved in seemingly opposed styles

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this book went through many editions before the 1873 edition

Our Singing Country this book shows all typesIn the 1930s and 40s, a father and son team of folklorists hit the highways, byways and rural routes of the United States, traveling in a battered pickup truck laden with primitive recording equipment. John A. Lomax and his son, Alan, covered thousands of miles, stopping off at tarpaper shacks, juke joints, prison yards, and other out of the way places to listen to native singers and to record them for the Library of Congress archives. The Lomaxes