Finding Her Voice
The Saga of Women in Country Music
by Mary A. Bufwack ; Robert K. Oermann
ISBN: 0517581140
ISBN-13: 9780517581148
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
A chronicle of the lives of country music's women: Sara and Maybelle Carter, Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, Wynonna Judd, k.d. lang, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and others. With over 200 photographs, Finding Her Voice offers social, political, and economic history, as well as portraits of the women behind the music.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1993
Size: 7.75 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 2.6 pounds
Publisher's Notes
From nineteenth-century singer Emma Bell Miles to today's stars including Reba McIntire and Rosanne Cash, the story of women in country music, featuring many previously unpublished photographs, celebrates American culture and performers. 25,000 first printing. Tour.
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Finding Her Voice: The Saga of Women in Country Music
Bufwack, Mary A.; Oermann, Robert K
Crown Publishing Group, 1998, 1993 Clean DJ in excellent condition under plastic protector. Ex-Library marking. Boards tight and square. Unmarked interior.. Presentable Ex-Library. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
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Finding Her Voice: The Saga of Women in Country Music
Bufwack, Mary A.; Oermann, Robert K
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publ., 1993. NOT an ex library book. Clean interior pages. Red dot on bottom edge of pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped. Heavier book.. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Excellent Book Condition/Excellent Dust Jacket. 9 1/2". ( more information)
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Finding Her Voice: The Saga of Women in Country Music
Bufwack, Mary A. & Oermann, Robert K
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Pub, 1993. A bright, clean ex-library book in a bright, clean dust jacket. Illustrated with many photographs. 594 pages.. ISBN: 0517581140. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. COUNTRY MUSIC WOMEN MUSICIANS BIOGRAPHY. ( more information)
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Finding Her Voice; the Saga of Women in Country Music
Bufwack, Mary A. And Oermann, Robert K
NY: Crown Publ., 1993. 594 pp. with index and bibliography. Illus. with B&W photos. The book documents the lives of the hundreds of women - from country's biggest legends to its forgotten pioneers - who have nurtured the rise of country music since the mid-18th century. Edges sl. worn, page edges sl. soiled. Jacket is sl. edgeworn. Text clean, no tears.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Good +/Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ( more information)
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FINDING HER VOICE : THE SAGA OF WOMEN IN COUNTRY MUSIC
Bufwack, Mary A. ; Oermann, Robert K
Crown Publishing Group; Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0517581140 . Lightly worn boards. Documents the lives of the hundreds of women - from country's biggest legends to its forgotten pioneers - who have nurtured the rise of country music since the mid-eighteenth centure. Includes more than 200 hundred black & white photos including some previously unpublished. ; Remainder; 570/index pages; Documents the lives of the hundreds of women - from country's biggest legends to its forgotten pioneers - who have nurtured the rise of country music since the mid-eighteenth centure. Includes more than 200 hundred black & white photos including some previously unpublished. With index. . ( more information)
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Finding Her Voice : The Saga of Women in Country Music
Bufwack Mary A. & Oermann Robert K
New York: Crown Publishers. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0517581140 . Fine / Very Good, 594 pgs. Black and grey hardboards, clean, tight copy. DJ glossy, two small tears on back cover, edgewear. "A chronicle of the lives of country music's women: Sara and Maybelle Carter, Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, Wynonna Judd, k.d. lang, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and others. With over 200 photographs, Finding Her Voice offers social, political, and economic history, as well as portraits of the women behind."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . ( more information)
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FINDING HER VOICE: THE SAGA OF WOMEN IN COUNTRY MUSIC
Bufwack, Mary A. and Oermann, Robert K
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, Incorporated, 1993, First Ed. Small quarto, hardcover, NF in edgeworn dj. Quarter bound in Grey cloth spine with darker grey boards binding. 594pp. Pictorial dj. A history of Women in Country with a detailed biographical dictionary of women singers,- from country's biggest legends to its forgotten pioneers - who have nurtured the rise of country music since the mid-18th century. Includes over 200 photographs. ( more information)
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Finding Her Voice: The Saga of Women in Country Music
Bufwack, Mary A. and Robert K. Oermann
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. ( 1993 ). Very Good+/Very Good Dust Jacket. Hard Cover. 0-517-58114-0 Signed by Trisha Yearwood & Cyndi Thomson First Edition, VG/VG DJ, 594 pp, SIGNED by Trisha Yearwood in black ink to top middle area of first free-fly, SIGNED by Cyndi Thomson in blue ink to the left hand side area of first free-fly, SIGNED by ? ( I just can NOT make out the signature ) in black ink to the bottom right hand side area of first free-fly, bibliography, grey hard boards with black lettering to spine. This book was published @ $32.50. This is a great copy, tight & bright, clean as new linen internally, and quite unique for sure!!! . ( more information)
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Bufwack, Mary A. and Robert K. Oermann
NY: Crown, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xi, 594, index; text illus from photographs. Small remainder dot on bottom edge. Documents the lives of hundreds of American, female folk performers, from "forgotten pioneers" to country superstars. 9.75" x 7.75". ( more information)
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FINDING HER VOICE/THE SAGA OF WOMEN IN COUNTRY MUSIC
Bufwack, Mary A. And Oermann, Robert K
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1993. Colorful dust jacket with photographs of many country music stars such as Reba McIntyre, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline and others. Grey hardback book binding with 594 pages. Contents include: Spirit of the Mountains:Women in American Folk Music; Southern Sentiments: Country Females in Nineteenth-Century Show Business; Single Girl, Married Girl: The Carter Family and the Birth of Country Music Recording; The National Barn Dance, Country Women, Radio, and the Great Depression; Hungry Disgusted Blues:Women in Protest; Country Music Women in World War II; Women and Southern Gospel Music; Rockabilly Women; The Nashville Sound; The Folk Revival; Just Because I'm a Woman:Dolly Parton and her Savvy Sisters; and much more. Filled with Photographs. A little larger book measuring 9 3/4" tall x 8" wide x 1 1/2" deep.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
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Finding Her Voice: The Saga of Women in Country Music
BUFWACK, Mary A. and Robert K. Oermann
New York: Crown Publishers, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 594 p. In Very Good dust jacket. A history of women in Country with a detailed biographical dictionary of women singers. ( more information)
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