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African Americans Mississippi Delta (Region) Social life and customs 20th century African Americans Social life and customs Blues musicians Blues musicians Mississippi Biography Johnson, Robert 1911-1938 Johnson, Robert 1911-1938 Death and burial McCormick, Mack Mississippi Mississippi Delta (Region) MUSIC / History & CriticismWright, Richard
Summary: The author grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard", hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other side by blacks who resented anyone trying to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial Modern Classics 2020
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Summary: When blues master Robert Johnson's little-known recordings were rereleased to great fanfare in the 1960s, little was known about his life, giving rise to legends that he gained success by selling his soul to the devil. McCormick searched to uncover Johnson's life story, from the late 1960s until his own death in 2015. Here McCormick's manuscript is published for the first time, including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2023