The Protest Singer

The Protest Singer
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 178
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ISBN-10 : 9780307390981
ISBN-13 : 0307390985
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Book Synopsis The Protest Singer by : Alec Wilkinson

Download or read book The Protest Singer written by Alec Wilkinson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spirited and intimate look at American icon and activist Pete Seeger. Throughout his life, Pete Seeger transformed a classic American musical style into a form of peaceful protest against war, segregation, and nuclear weapons. Drawing on his extensive talks with Seeger, Alec Wilkinson delivers a first hand look at Seeger's unique blend of independence and commitment, charm, courage, energy, and belief in human equality and American democracy. We see Seeger as a child, instilled with a love of music by his parents; as a teenager, hearing real folk music for the first time; as a young adult, singing with Woody Guthrie. And finally, Seeger the man marching with the Rev. Martin Luther King in Selma, standing up to McCarthyism, and fighting for his beloved Hudson River. The gigantic life captured in this slender volume is truly an American anthem.

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