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Long Steel Rail by Norm Cohen (Paperback, 2000)

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Product Description : Long Steel Rail (Music in American Life) Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history railroad folklore and the evolution of the American folksong The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eightyfive songs from John Henry and The Wabash Cannonball to HellBound Train and Casey Jones with their music sources history variations and discographies A substantial new introduction updates this edition

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Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from John Henry and The Wabash Cannonball to Hell-Bound Train and Casey Jones, with their music, sources, history, variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.