{"product_id":"music-in-the-westward-expansion-laura-dean-9781476685229","title":"Music in the Westward Expansion: Songs of Heart and Place on the American Frontier","description":"\u003cp\u003e Over 400,000 people moved their families in search of a better life in the American West during the Westward Expansion. The pioneers made room for musical instruments with their guns, food, and tools, while taking only the minimal necessities that would fit into modest wagons. During what seemed like an interminable dusty journey, music was often the sole source of light and happiness for these exhausted travelers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book examines the roles of music in the Westward Expansion and the diverse cultural landscape of the Old West, including northern Cheyenne courtship flute makers, fiddle-playing explorers, dancing fur trappers, hymn-singing missionaries, frontier flutists, girls with guitars, wagon-driving balladeers, poetic cowboys, singing farmers, musical miners, and preaching songsters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Dean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476685223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476685229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 6.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Laura Dean","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993222742271,"sku":"9781476685229","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a16f3ea-753d-4dbc-a1bb-b82d21ff95f6.jpg?v=1683323184","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/music-in-the-westward-expansion-laura-dean-9781476685229","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}