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"One of the finest works to come out in recent years on cowboy songs, in addition to being the first good collection of the cowboy's bawdy material. . . . A must for anyone who is a student of cowboy music--or anyone who just likes the sound of dirty subject matter rhyming." -- Hal Cannon, Journal of Country Music "A brave and honest step toward increasing our understanding of what cowboys really sing." -- Bob Bovee, Old Time Herald "A thorough piece of scholarship and collectanea and a valuable, welcome addition to cowboy song literature." -- Keith Cunningham, Mid-America Folklore "Logsdon has written the book with a scholar's attention to detail. But what shows through the scholarship is the collector's enthusiasm for the material. . . . A superb job in a difficult area." -- Angus Kress Gillespie, Journal of American History "A major contribution to the folklore and popular culture, history, and social psychology of American cowboy culture." -- Kenneth S. Goldstein, former president, American Folklore Society
A story of a small one man piano retail and restoration business over a period of 58 years. His life, times and the raising of his family.
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With this book you'll learn how managing with a personal touch decreases turnover, and helps you lead your team to celebrate success and transcend stress.
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The stage musical constitutes a major industry not only in the US and the UK, but in many regions of the world. Over the last four decades many countries have developed their own musical theatre industries, not only by importing hit shows from Broadway and London but also by establishing or reviving local traditions of musical theatre. In response to the rapid growth of musical theatre as a global phenomenon, The Oxford Handbook of the Global Stage Musical presents new scholarly approaches to issues arising from these new international markets. The volume examines the stage musical from theoretical and empirical perspectives including concepts of globalization and consumer culture, performan...
"We're going to take this town apart and put it together - right." Ellery Hodder is speaking, retired college professor settled in the little upstate town of Colchester. A typical respected liberal of these days, he has long held large-scale ideas of political enlightenment, and now he's full of enthusiasm for putting these ideas into action "in the small." He jumps into the bramble bush of Colchester's local election. Before he emerges he has learned, among other things, that even with the best will in the world you don't take towns apart like watches to make them run better. The eyewitness narrator of this fast-moving and gently satirical novel is Bert Shattuck, home to spend a few months ...