{"product_id":"working-girl-blues-hazel-dickens-9780252075490","title":"Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens","description":"Hazel Dickens was an Appalachian singer and songwriter known for her superb musicianship, feminist country songs, union anthems, and blue-collar laments. Growing up in a West Virginia coal mining community, she drew on the mountain music and repertoire of her family and neighbors when establishing her own vibrant and powerful vocal style that is a trademark in old-time, bluegrass, and traditional country circles. \u003ci\u003eWorking Girl Blues\u003c\/i\u003e presents forty original songs that Hazel Dickens wrote about coal mining, labor issues, personal relationships, and her life and family in Appalachia. Conveying sensitivity, determination, and feistiness, Dickens comments on each song, explaining how she came to write them and what they meant and continue to mean to her. Bill C. Malone's introduction traces Dickens's life, musical career, and development as a songwriter, In addition, \u003ci\u003eWorking Girl Blues\u003c\/i\u003e features forty-one illustrations and a detailed discography of Dickens's commercial recordings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hazel Dickens, Bill C. Malone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252075498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252075490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.05w x 0.37d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2008 pg. 37","brand":"Hazel Dickens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071305412863,"sku":"9780252075490","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fdc48c2f-5fc4-45d0-a947-0014e28a807a.jpg?v=1685435321","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/working-girl-blues-hazel-dickens-9780252075490","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}