The Songcatcher: A Novel - Hardcover

McCrumb, Sharyn

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ISBN 10: 0525944885 ISBN 13: 9780525944881

Publisher: Dutton Adult, 2001

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Folksinger Lark McCourry retraces the history of a family song, which she had heard from her North Carolina relatives as a child, back to eighteenth-century Scotland to young Malcolm MacQuarry, kidnapped and sent to the American colonies, where he eventually became a lawyer and fought in the American Revolution. 60,000 first printing.

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Sharyn McCrumb is the author of several bestselling novels, including The Rosewood Casket, She Walks These Hills, and The Ballad of Frankie Silver, which was nominated for a SEBA award. She has received awards for Outstanding Contributiuon to Appalachian Literature and Southern Writer of the Year. Her books have been named notable books of the year by both The New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

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This book chronicles the role of song in the oral tradition of Appalachia as it follows a young boy kidnapped by a sailing ship in the mid-1700s--from the Scottish isles to a community in New Jersey and to the mountains of North Carolina. The use of two narrators helps the listener keep track of the various strands of the tale. James Daniels portrays various male narrators and characters, and Aasne Vigesaa portrays a number of female narrators and characters. As described in the afterword, the story is grounded in the history the author discovered while researching her family's roots. Appalachian-style dulcimer music is used for transitions between tapes. J.E.M. � AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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PublisherDutton Adult
Publication date2001
ISBN 10 0525944885
ISBN 13 9780525944881
BindingHardcover
Number of pages321
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The Songcatcher: A Ballad Novel

McCrumb, Sharyn

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