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Ragged but right : black traveling shows, "coon songs," and the dark pathway to blues and jazz
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Ragged but right : black traveling shows, "coon songs," and the dark pathway to blues and jazz / Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff.
ISBN
1578069017 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781578069019 (cloth : alk. paper)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
Physical Description
viii, 461 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 26, 2007
Series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-426) and indexes.
Contents
Coon songs, big shows, and black stage stars of the Ragtime era
The spirit of the smart set
Blues for the sideshow tent
"Under canvas" : African American tented minstrelsy and the untold story of Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, the Rabbit's Foot Company, the Florida Blossoms, and Silas Green from New Orleans.
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