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Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography
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Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography Paperback - 1999

by Cunningham, Agnes ""Sis"",Friesen, Gordon

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University of Massachusetts Pres, 8/23/1999 12:00:01 A. paperback. Good. 0.8268 in x 9.2520 in x 6.1417 in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .
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  • Title Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography
  • Author Cunningham, Agnes ""Sis"",Friesen, Gordon
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Massachusetts Pres, Amherst
  • Date 8/23/1999 12:00:01 A
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0001103926
  • ISBN 9781558492103 / 1558492100
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.14 x 1.03 in (23.47 x 15.60 x 2.62 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Radicals - United States, Folk singers - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-53049
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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First line

Dust churned up into the hot summer sky as the Indians in their war paint rode their ponies around and around the small wagon train.

From the rear cover

PERHAPS BEST known for Broadside, the influential magazine they founded in 1962, Agnes "Sis" Cunningham and Gordon Friesen have long been renowned figures on the American left. In this book, these two dedicated social activists -- Sis the folk musician and Gordon the radical journalist -- offer a spirited account of their personal and political odyssey. The story is illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings.

Born into poverty in rural Oklahoma, further shaped by the hardships of the "dustbowl" Depression years, Sis and Gordon were already committed to radical causes when they met and married in 1941. A short time later they moved to New York City, where they befriended Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. Sis joined the folk protest group the Almanac Singers, and Gordon continued his work as a journalist.

Although blacklisted for their political views during the McCarthy era, Sis and Gordon persevered and eventually launched Broadside, which they continued to produce for almost twenty years. The magazine was instrumental in promoting the careers of many singer-songwriters, publishing the first works of such artists as Bob Dylan, Janis Ian, Phil Ochs, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Tom Paxton, as well as the works of more established figures, including Malvina Reynolds and Pete Seeger. Indeed, Broadside helped give birth to a musical revival that energized the country and forged a vital link between the folk music of the 1930s and 1940s and the urban folk revivalists of the 1960s and 1970s.

About the author

Sis Cunningham lives in New York City. Gordon Friesen died in 1996.Ronald D. Cohen is professor of history at Indiana University Northwest and author of the forthcoming Rainbow Quest: Folk Music and American Society, 1940-1970.