Download or read book Strike Songs of the Depression written by Timothy P. Lynch and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-11-12 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Depression brought unprecedented changes for American workers and organized labor. As the economy plummeted, employers cut wages and laid off workers, while simultaneously attempting to wrest more work from those who remained employed. In mills, mines, and factories workers organized and resisted, striking for higher wages, improved working conditions, and the right to bargain collectively. As workers walked the picket line or sat down on the shop floor, they could be heard singing. This book examines the songs they sang at three different strikes- the Gastonia, North Carolina, textile mill strike (1929), Harlan County, Kentucky, coal mining strike (1931-32), and Flint, Michigan, automobile sit-down strike (1936-37). Whether in the Carolina Piedmont, the Kentucky hills, or the streets of Michigan, the workers' songs were decidedly class-conscious. All show the workers' understanding of the necessity of solidarity and collective action. In Flint the strikers sang: The trouble in our homestead Was brought about this way When a dashing corporation Had the audacity to say You must all renounce your union And forswear your liberties, And we'll offer you a chance To live and die in slavery. As a shared experience, the singing of songs not only sent the message of collective action but also provided the very means by which the message was communicated and promoted. Singing was a communal experience, whether on picket lines, at union rallies, or on shop floors. By providing the psychological space for striking workers to speak their minds, singing nurtured a sense of community and class consciousness. When strikers retold the events of their strike, as they did in songs, they spread and preserved their common history and further strengthened the bonds among themselves. In the strike songs the roles of gender were pronounced and vivid. Wives and mothers sang out of their concerns for home, family, and children. Men sang in the name of worker loyalty and brotherhood, championing male solidarity and comaraderie. Informed by the new social history, this critical examination of strike songs from three different industries in three different regions gives voice to a group too often deemed as inarticulate. This study, the only book-length examination of this subject, tells history "from the bottom up" and furthers an understanding of worker culture during the tumultuous Depression years.

Download or read book Country Music Records written by Tony Russell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-07 with total page 1198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than twenty years in the making, Country Music Records documents all country music recording sessions from 1921 through 1942. With primary research based on files and session logs from record companies, interviews with surviving musicians, as well as the 200,000 recordings archived at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's Frist Library and Archives, this notable work is the first compendium to accurately report the key details behind all the recording sessions of country music during the pre-World War II era. This discography documents--in alphabetical order by artist--every commercial country music recording, including unreleased sides, and indicates, as completely as possible, the musicians playing at every session, as well as instrumentation. This massive undertaking encompasses 2,500 artists, 5,000 session musicians, and 10,000 songs. Summary histories of each key record company are also provided, along with a bibliography. The discography includes indexes to all song titles and musicians listed.

Download or read book Work and Faith in the Kentucky Coal Fields written by Richard J. Callahan and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2008-11-20 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring themes of work and labor in everyday life, Richard J. Callahan, Jr., offers a history of how coal miners and their families lived their religion in eastern Kentucky's coal fields during the early 20th century. Callahan follows coal miners and their families from subsistence farming to industrial coal mining as they draw upon religious idioms to negotiate changing patterns of life and work. He traces innovation and continuity in religious expression that emerged from the specific experiences of coal mining, including the spaces and social structures of coal towns, the working bodies of miners, the anxieties of their families, and the struggle toward organized labor. Building on oral histories, folklore, folksongs, and vernacular forms of spirituality, this rich and engaging narrative recovers a social history of ordinary working people through religion.

Download or read book That s That written by Gaye Walsh and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-10-22 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thats That is a multi-generational family saga, telling the story of Charlie and Louise Frowney and the generations from which they sprang. The story follows several generations of two families set against a backdrop of the famine, Irelands truggle for independence, the divisive treaty with England, the ensuing civil war, the provisional IRA, the Royal Irish Constabulary, and the formation of the Irish Free State. Through the generations, these families are faced with desperate choices, and sometimes the decisions they make bring unforeseen results. The early 1920s was a time when Ireland was roiling with political strife, and two brothers from an IRA family, forced by the hand of poverty, decide to go against everything their family stands for, and join the Royal Irish Constabulary, bringing terrible consequences. One of the brothers courts a young girl, whose family is on the opposite side of the political divide. Th e results of this relationship are profound, far-reaching, and cause wounds that run deep. A generation later, history repeats itself in a love aff air between a man from an IRA family, and the daughter of a retired Royal Irish Constabulary member. Neither side has learned anything from the past, and each still believes that some things are unforgivable. Although the couples determination to rise above the old hatreds is stronger than the opposition from their families, their drastic action makes things worse. The consequences of thoughtless choices and family prejudices eventually put stress on the marriage, resulting in remorse and isolation, and the fl ying apart of the family with one desperate act. Thats That tells the compelling story of an orphan determined to make his way, laying the ground for three subsequent generations to prosper, but will deep-seated hatreds and prejudices destroy everything he set in motion and hoped for for his descendants?

Download or read book Poetic Expressions for Travelers written by L. Alex Swan and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These poetic expressions are inspired to inspire and to inform. They come from the lives and experiences of various persons in a variety of situations. They were challenging experiences, joyful and trusting experiences that summoned faith, trust, and faithfulness. Moods and feelings open the heart and arrest the mind and soul. Joy, sorrow, thoughts of love and kindness are real and precious. Emotions run the gamut and meet you on your journey as you travel. You are invited to relate as each core of expressions grab you where you are on the road you’re traveling. You might cry, laugh, or even shout out loud when you really connect with the person inside. Be prepared and willing to go where you need to go at the very moment of your need, and your growth will be validated, reliable and satisfying so that you will pass it on in and through your life to shed light and insight on the journey of others who are traveling.

Download or read book Pistol Packin Mama written by Shelly Romalis and published by Urbana : University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Aunt Molly Jackson (1880-1960), one of American folklore's most fascinating characters. A coal miner's daughter, she grew up in eastern Kentucky, married a miner, and became a midwife, labor activist, and songwriter. Fusing hard experience with rich Appalachian musical tradition, her songs became weapons of struggle. In 1931, at age fifty, she was discovered and brought north, sponsored and befriended by an illustrious circle of left-wing intellectuals and musicians, including Theodore Dreiser, Alan Lomax, and Charles Seeger and his son Pete. Along with Sarah Ogan Gunning, Jim Garland (two of Aunt Molly's half-siblings), Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, and other folk musicians, she served as a cultural broker, linking the rural working poor to big-city left-wing activism. Shelly Romalis draws upon interviews and archival materials to construct this portrait of an Appalachian woman who remained radical, raucous, proud, poetic, offensive, self-involved, and in spirit the real pistol packin' mama of the song.

Download or read book Your Keys Our Home written by Debbie and Michael Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2016-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you've ever dreamed of casting off your worldly possessions and traveling to your heart's content, this story about two intrepid seniors will inspire you no matter your age. Michael and Debbie Campbell felt they had one more adventure in them before considering retirement in the traditional sense, so they filled two rolling duffel bags with life's essentials (including their own pillows) and hit the road. Three years later, having sold their home in Seattle, their "Senior Nomad" lifestyle has no end in sight. Ride along as they share tales of living full-time in Airbnbs in over 50 countries and pay tribute to the many hosts who not only helped them live daily life, but also offered unique opportunities to experience their cities. From the barber's chair in Dublin and the dentist's chair in Split, to a wild motorcycle ride in Athens, a peek behind the Soviet Curtain in Transnistria, and the demise of a chicken for dinner in Marrakech, hosts made the Campbell's dream of adventure come true. Discover how Debbie and Michael find their next Airbnb, how they get there, and the many ways they enjoy their new city just as the locals do. Learn their tips and tricks for using Airbnb and how they get the most out of each stay, all while spending little more than they would have spent settled into their rocking chairs in Seattle.

Download or read book The New Southern Style written by Alyssa Rosenheck and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vibrantly illustrated exploration of the creative, inclusive, and inspiring movement happening in today’s Southern interior design The American South is a place steeped in history and tradition. We think of sweet tea, thick drawls, and even thicker summer air. It is also a place with a fraught history, complicated social norms, and dated perspectives. Yet among the makers and artists of the South, there is a powerful movement afoot. Alyssa Rosenheck shines a much-needed spotlight on a burgeoning community of people who are taking what’s beloved, inherent, and honored in the South and making it their own. The New Southern Style tours more than 30 homes and includes interviews with the designers, artists, and creative entrepreneurs who are reinventing Southern design and culture. This beautifully illustrated book is sure to inspire the home and soul.

Download or read book Cle Dah written by Carol Ann and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-02-06 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fact that I love Teddy bears has little or nothing to do with how this one came to live with me. I'm also a great fan of thrift stores and frequent them often. From time to time, I've been known to collect various and sundry things. At the present time, I adore Teddy bears: large, small, dressed or not. I must have 250 now (or so my husband claims).

Download or read book Who Will Take Our Children written by Carlton Jackson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-10-02 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evacuation of British children before and during World War II transformed the country forever and vastly altered the lives of thousands of English children and their families. The government geared up as early as 1938 for the war it strongly suspected was ahead, organizing the monumental task of sending more than four million people--mostly children--first to the relative "safety" of the British countryside and then to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and elsewhere. This is a revised edition of the book published in 1985 as Who Will Take Our Children? The Story of the Evacuation in Britain, 1939-1945. It incorporates substantial new information and first-person accounts from former evacuees and others involved in the wartime relocation effort.

Download or read book Sing Out written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hard Hitting Songs for Hard hit People written by Alan Lomax and published by New York : Oak Publications. This book was released on 1967 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of more than 150 American folk songs of the Depression and the Labor movement of the 1930's.

Download or read book Welcome the Traveler Home written by Jim Garland and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a personal record. But it is not so much an autobiography as it is a recalling of the people and events and ideas that made an impact on Jim Garland one way or another, helping him to construct an understanding of the world into which he happened to be thrown by accident of birth. He lived through times that deserve hurlyburly adjectives -- roiled, convulsive, tumultuous. From first-hand experience he knew about hunger, violent death and injury in the mines, strikes, blacklists, murderous gun thugs, clandestine meetings, fear, Red-baiting, desperate poverty, the Great Depression in all its infamy. He speeaks here not as a scholar but as a survivor. Others can write of these same times with much greater omniscience, with olympian detachment or with passionate outportings of theory buttressed by long hours in the library. This is a different kind of record entirely.

Download or read book The Sample Case written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Welcome the Traveler Home written by Jim Garland and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Garland was a mountain man, born and bred in the eastern Kentucky mining camps. He didn't want to go in the mines like his father and his brothers before him. His dream was to pursue an education, but his circumstances led him to the mines at age thirteen, and there he worked for the next fourteen years. This is his story-and the story of his people and his country, as he saw it. It is history, recollected and set down in the mind of an ordinary, everyday man. The history describes the settling of the Kentucky mountains, according to traditions handed down in families. It dwells upon the Garlands, how they came to America and their life in the hills. Finally, it speaks of the coming of coal. Here Jim Garland writes most tellingly, giving an account of the miner's life and the efforts to organize unions during the 1920s and, particularly, of his part in the abortive campaign of the communist-backed National Miners Union and the strike of 1931-1932.

Download or read book A Small Place in Italy written by Eric Newby and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era.

Download or read book Kentucky Traveler written by Ricky Skaggs and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Kentucky Traveler, Ricky Skaggs, the music legend who revived modern bluegrass music, gives a warm, honest, one-of-a-kind memoir of forty years in music—along with the Ten Commandments of Bluegrass, as handed down by Ricky’s mentor Bill Monroe; the Essential Guide to Bedrock Country Songs, a lovingly compiled walk through the songs that have moved Skaggs the most throughout his life; Songs the Lord Taught Us, a primer on Skaggs’s most essential gospel songs; and a bevy of personal snapshots of his musical heroes. For readers of Johnny Cash’s autobiography, lovers of O Brother Where Art Thou, and fans of country music and bluegrass, Kentucky Traveler is a priceless look at America’s most cherished and vibrant musical tradition through the eyes of someone who has lived it.