Ribowsky, Mark

Summary: After he died in the backseat of a Cadillac at the age of twenty-nine, Hank Williams, a frail, flawed man who had become country music's most compelling and popular star, instantly morphed into its first tragic martyr. Having hit the heights in the postwar era with simple songs of heartache and star-crossed love, he would, with that outlaw swagger, become in death a template for the rock...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2017

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B WILLIAMS RIB

Summary: The story of the legendary country western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his meteoric rise to fame and its ultimately tragic effect on his health and personal life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2016

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE I

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie I 2016

Escott, Colin.

Summary: A homage to the "godfather of country music" culls never-before-published letters, photographs, and lyrics to paint a portrait of this American cultural icon.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2001

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.642 ESC