Carry it on!: History in Song and Picture of the Working Men and Women of America - Hardcover

Seeger, Pete & Bob Reiser

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 071371848X ISBN 13: 9780713718485

Publisher: Blandford Press, 1986

Synopsis

Dust jacket notes: "Carry It On! is a celebration in photos, words and songs of the working men and women who built America. Perhaps the best-known and best-loved folksinger of our time, Pete Seeger has now gathered from his encyclopedic knowledge of the folk music of the United States over 80 songs that, starting with the War of Independence and coming down to today, reflect the experience of the working people of America. This is a book for singing, for enjoying, for learning. It contains many old favourites, including 'John Henry,' 'Oh, Freedom!' 'Union Maid,' and We Shall Overcome,' along with less familiar songs, either from the archives or from the present day, that will soon be favourites. The rich array of pictures and illustrative material makes this piece of Americana as fascinating for the eye as for the ear. And Bob Reiser, writer and teacher at Long Island University, has added a running text that, in conjunction with the songs and illustrations, offers a fascinating history of the labour movement in America, from its beginnings in the mill towns of the 1930s to the Haymarket Riot of 1886 to the triumphant days of the 1930s and beyond. Carry It On! reflects the major role that working people have played not only in the building of America but in its cultural life as well. Here is a river of song that, starting at the very foundation of the country, has flowed ever since. No one - whether in family, school or union, as American history buff or folk song lover - will want to be without this delightful and authoritative collection."

About this title

From Library Journal:

Pete Seeger has selected 85 songs for this unusual history. Lead sheets (melody line with chord names) are arranged chronologically by subject, beginning with the Revolution on through farming, fishing, housework, the Civil War, early unions, mills, railroads, Wobblies, the Depression, migrant workers, more unions (and ``L'Internationale'' in a dozen languages). Contemporary songs follow, on unemployment compensation, civil rights, working mothers, cabdriving, high tech and small business, ending with Gil Turner's ``Carry It On.'' All proclaim solidarity, success, humor, and hope along with struggle, sweat and toil. Reiser provides a short introduction for each song; photos (meant ``to reach everyone who works . . . not just those who read music'') were not seen. For general as well as music collections. Bonnie Jo Dopp, District of Columbia P.L.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Blandford Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 071371848X
• ISBN 13: 9780713718485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Illustrator: Well-illustrated