The Protest Singer: An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger by Wilkinson, Alec

The Protest Singer: An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307390981)

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The Protest Singer: An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger by Wilkinson, Alec

The Protest Singer: An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger

$18.00
The Protest Singer: An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger by Wilkinson, Alec

The Protest Singer: An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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A spirited and intimate look at American icon and activist Pete Seeger.

Throughout his life, Pete Seeger transformed a classic American musical style into a form of peaceful protest against war, segregation, and nuclear weapons. Drawing on his extensive talks with Seeger, Alec Wilkinson delivers a first hand look at Seeger's unique blend of independence and commitment, charm, courage, energy, and belief in human equality and American democracy. We see Seeger as a child, instilled with a love of music by his parents; as a teenager, hearing real folk music for the first time; as a young adult, singing with Woody Guthrie. And finally, Seeger the man marching with the Rev. Martin Luther King in Selma, standing up to McCarthyism, and fighting for his beloved Hudson River. The gigantic life captured in this slender volume is truly an American anthem.

Author: Alec Wilkinson
ISBN-10: 0307390985
ISBN-13: 9780307390981
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 06/08/2010
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.58h x 6.62w x 0.53d
By Alec Wilkinson
By Alec Wilkinson
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Alec Wilkinson began writing for The New Yorker in 1980. Before that, he was a policeman in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, and before that a rock-and-roll musician. He has published eight other books--two memoirs, two collections of essays, two biographical portraits, and two pieces of reporting. His honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lyndhurst Prize, and a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He lives with his wife and son in New York City.

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