Description
Author: Patrick W. Gainer
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Published: 12/01/2017
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781946684035
ISBN10: 1946684031
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Genres & Styles | Folk & Traditional
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,
About the Author
Patrick Ward Gainer (1904-1981) was one of the leading scholars of Appalachian folk music in the mid-twentieth century. A member of the English faculty at West Virginia University, he taught an immensely popular course on Appalachian music that frequently showcased some of the leading practitioners of traditional Appalachian music as guest artists. He is the author of Witches, Ghosts, and Signs: Folklore of the Southern Appalachians, also available from WVU Press.