Never Without a Song - The Years and Songs of Jennie Devlin, 1865-1952

This biography focuses on the centrality of folksong in the life of Jennie Devlin, a woman who worked for fourteen years as a 'bound-out girl' along the New York-Pennsylvanian border and later lived in Philadelphia and Gloucester, New Jersey.

Summary

Focuses on the centrality of folksong in the life of Jennie Devlin (1865-1952), a woman who had worked for years as a 'bound-out girl' along the New York-Pennsylvania border. This biography compiles information about the older woman's life and music.

Product details

• Authors: Katharine D. Newman
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1995
• EAN: 9780252063718
• ISBN: 978-0-252-06371-8
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 513 g
• Series: Music in American Life; Music in American Life (Paperb; Music in American Life; Music in American Life (Paperb
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music