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Sing it pretty
a memoir
By Hawes, Bess Lomax
- ISBN
- 978-0-25207-509-4
- Publisher
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2008.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 15, 2008
Born in East Texas to famed folk song collector John Lomax, Hawes spent her childhood traveling with her father and her brother, Alan Lomax, to help preserve the folk music culture of rural America. As a child, Hawes took to heart her mother's advice-"by doing, you learn to do"-and has applied it to all areas of her life. She learned the tools of folklore fieldwork by transcribing the songs of rur...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
