Calling Out to the Heavens for Aid: Disaster Songs in American Folk Music
This article will explore American folk songs dealing with disasters, mostly from the first half of the twentieth century. These songs dealt with shipwrecks, train-wrecks, fires, tornadoes and drought and even the so-called Dust Bowl. Along with murder ballads, these songs functioned as a kind of or...
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Bucharest University Press
2022-10-01
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| Series: | University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series |
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| Online Access: | https://ubr.rev.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Livingstone.pdf |