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Summary: A "must" for all fans of this uniquely American music!
Review: The Blues: In Image And Interviews is the result of a two-year collaboration between author Anthony Connor and the late photographer Robert Neff. The Blues showcases a collective portraits of fifty-five musicians most closely associated with an authentically American music and features authentic voices, vivid recollections, and song lyrics. These firsthand accounts are beautifully juxtaposed alongside evocative images of the speakers themselves and offer a uniquely informative insight into their songs of hardship and adversity from the cotton fields of the South to the industrial skylines of the North. The Blues is a "must" for all true fans and students of this unique and memorable American music genre.
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Summary: There's something fishy about this book
Review: This book was given to me late last summer after I had pulled a blue out of the waters of Chatham, Ma.. I am a year rounder on Cape Cod, but I hadn't caught a fish since I was a boy. I was positively giddy for days. The blues are a mean spirited fish. They'll bite a hook with no bait on it when they're feeding. Anyhow, I caught me a fighter (my tale is growing as I type!). A week or two later, my birthday rolled around and I was given a copy of this book to whet my newfound appetite for angling. I read the book over the course of the winter, a chapter here, a chapter there. Hersey's portrayal of a summer's worth of fishing trips with The Fisherman and The Stranger is charming, informative & humorous. I learned more than I think I'll ever get to employ about snatching a blue. The notion of the sea's natural progression through the seasons is held dear to The Fisherman. The narrative format seemed a bit of a stretch at times. The Fisherman's long, fact-filled, oceanic diatribes were hardly conversational. I found myself shrugging this off easily though and accepting the info for what it was. I guess it would be nice to have the time to fish everyday. Alas, I live a minute from the beach and can rarely find the time to enjoy it. The book inspired me to get back out there this summer and catch me another blue. This time it's going to be a maneater! If you enjoy the sea, and the life within, you'll learn a little something by reading this book. Happy fishing...
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Summary: There's something fishy about this book
Review: This book was given to me late last summer after I had pulled a blue out of the waters of Chatham, Ma.. I am a year rounder on Cape Cod, but I hadn't caught a fish since I was a boy. I was positively giddy for days. The blues are a mean spirited fish. They'll bite a hook with no bait on it when they're feeding. Anyhow, I caught me a fighter (my tale is growing as I type!). A week or two later, my birthday rolled around and I was given a copy of this book to whet my newfound appetite for angling. I read the book over the course of the winter, a chapter here, a chapter there. Hersey's portrayal of a summer's worth of fishing trips with The Fisherman and The Stranger is charming, informative & humorous. I learned more than I think I'll ever get to employ about snatching a blue. The notion of the sea's natural progression through the seasons is held dear to The Fisherman. The narrative format seemed a bit of a stretch at times. The Fisherman's long, fact-filled, oceanic diatribes were hardly conversational. I found myself shrugging this off easily though and accepting the info for what it was. I guess it would be nice to have the time to fish everyday. Alas, I live a minute from the beach and can rarely find the time to enjoy it. The book inspired me to get back out there this summer and catch me another blue. This time it's going to be a maneater! If you enjoy the sea, and the life within, you'll learn a little something by reading this book. Happy fishing...
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Summary: A "must" for ally fans, students & historians of the Blues.
Review: This Cooper Square Press edition of The Blues In Images And Interviews is a paperback reprint of the 1975 classic showcasing such luminary artists as muddy Waters, Bo Biddley, and John Lee Hooker. Readers will learn the true source of The Blues with stories like the night Hound Dog Taylor's stepfather packed up all of his things in a brown paper bag, stood in the doorway with a shotgun, and told Hound Dog to "cut out" -- the one day famous musician was only nine years old at the time. Tales of hard lives are interspersed with lyrics and powerful b/w photographs painting a vivid collage of the men and women who distilled the pain of their lives into the most original, haunting, authentically American music ever known. The Blues In Images And Interviews is a "must" for all fans, students, players and historians of this musical genre.
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Summary: Nicely Done, John Hersey
Review: When I picked up this book, I was a guest at a beach house in Edisto Island, SC. I have a habit of reading the criticism quips before reading, and I found one that fit it perfectly. It was something to the effect of "A book you expect to find in a beach house on a rainy August afternoon, binding mildewed by the ocean air, pages bent from frequent readings, and bits of sand between the pages." That described it exactly, only except it wasn't August. As I said, I picked up the book one day and couldn't put it down. At first, the psuedo-dialogue bothered me, but it really grew on me. The whole premise of the book allows for a real education on fishing, naturalism, and the ways of the world. I have not bought the book, but that is soon to change.
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Summary: Nicely Done, John Hersey
Review: When I picked up this book, I was a guest at a beach house in Edisto Island, SC. I have a habit of reading the criticism quips before reading, and I found one that fit it perfectly. It was something to the effect of "A book you expect to find in a beach house on a rainy August afternoon, binding mildewed by the ocean air, pages bent from frequent readings, and bits of sand between the pages." That described it exactly, only except it wasn't August. As I said, I picked up the book one day and couldn't put it down. At first, the psuedo-dialogue bothered me, but it really grew on me. The whole premise of the book allows for a real education on fishing, naturalism, and the ways of the world. I have not bought the book, but that is soon to change.
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