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In the Country of Country

A Journey to the Roots of American Music

A Journey to the Roots of American Music

By Nicholas Dawidoff

By Nicholas Dawidoff

By Nicholas Dawidoff

By Nicholas Dawidoff

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Category: Music | U.S. History

Category: Music | U.S. History

Paperback $18.95

Apr 28, 1998 | ISBN 9780375700828

Ebook $14.99

Nov 02, 2011 | ISBN 9780307807083

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    About In the Country of Country

    In a series of indelible portraits of country music stars, Dawidoff reveals, among others, Jimmie Rodgers, the “father of Country”; Johnny Cash, the “Man in Black”; and Patsy Cline, a lonely figure striding out bravely in a man’s world. In the Country of Country is a passionate and expansive account of a quintessentially American art form and the performers that made country music what it is today.
     
    Both deeply personal and endlessly evocative,  In the Country of Country pays tribute to the music that sprang from places like Maces Springs, Virginia, home of the Carter Family, and Bakersfield, California, where Buck Owens held sway. Bestselling author Nicholas Dawidoff takes readers to the back roads and country hollows that were home to Chet Atkins, Doc Watson, Emmylou Harris, and many more.

    About In the Country of Country

    From the author of the bestselling The Catcher Was a Spy comes an exhilarating exploration of the performers, places, and experiences which form country music–a genre which is uniquely and authentically American. 40 photos.

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    About Nicholas Dawidoff

    Nicholas Dawidoff is the author of five books. One of them, The Fly Swatter, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and another, In the Country of Country, was named one of the greatest all-time works of travel literature by Condé Nast Traveller. His first book, The Catcher Was a… More about Nicholas Dawidoff

    About Nicholas Dawidoff

    Nicholas Dawidoff is the author of five books. One of them, The Fly Swatter, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and another, In the Country of Country, was named one of the greatest all-time works of travel literature by Condé Nast Traveller. His first book, The Catcher Was a… More about Nicholas Dawidoff

    Product Details

    Category: Music | U.S. History

    Paperback | $18.95
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 28, 1998 | 384 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375700828

    Category: Music | U.S. History

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Vintage
    Nov 02, 2011 | 384 Pages | ISBN 9780307807083

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    Praise

    “There is no book that better conveys the spirit and passion that informs country music.” –The Boston Globe

    “A fine portrait of country musicians and the places that spawned them.” –The New Yorker

    “Dawidoff’s passion for his subject shines on every page . . . . [His] search for personal messages in the lives of country music has a resonance and grace that is likely to find readers for a long while to come.” —The Chicago Tribune

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