Songs of the Great American West

by Irwin Silber

Book Overview

The 92 songs in this handsomely illustrated songbook -- compiled and edited by one of America's leading authorities on folklore and folk music -- colorfully document America's pioneering spirit. In song after song, the triumphs and miseries, thrills and adventures of homesteaders, lumberjacks, cowboys, gold miners, railroad workers, outlaws, and other early Western adventurers come vividly to life.
Here are America's ballads, lullabies, battle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486287041
• ISBN13: 9780486287041
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 11.2"