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Biography of a phantom : a Robert Johnson blues odyssey  Cover Image Book Book

Biography of a phantom : a Robert Johnson blues odyssey / Robert Mack McCormick ; edited by John W. Troutman.

Summary:

"This long-lost manuscript from musicologist Mack McCormick features research on blues icon Robert Johnson's mysterious life and death, and became as much of a myth as the musician himself"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781588347343 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Johnson, Robert, 1911-1938.
Johnson, Robert, 1911-1938 > Death and burial.
McCormick, Mack.
African Americans > Mississippi > Delta (Region) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Blues musicians > Mississippi > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cookstown Branch 782.421643092 Johns-M 31681010317550 NONFIC Available -

ROBERT "MACK" MCCORMICK (1930–2015) was an American musicologist and folklorist who researched the lives of blues musicians while supporting himself by writing, census taking, and in 1968 and 1971, working with musicians in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. JOHN W. TROUTMAN is curator of American music at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.


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