How Can I Keep from Singing: Pete Seeger

}Who is this skinny, 78-year-old man with the five-string banjo, whose performances over five decades have touched millions of people? Entertainer? Composer? Communist? Bob Dylan once called him a "saint." Joan Baez has said, "We all owe our careers to him." But Pete Seeger's considerable musical achievements have been overshadowed by political controversy. He was investigated for sedition by the House Committee on Un-American activities, harassed by the FBI and CIA, blacklisted, picketed, and even stoned by conservative groups. How Can I Keep from Singing is an inside history of Pete Seeger, whose life has remained a closely guarded secret until now. In this ASCAP award-winning book, David Dunaway parts the curtain through interviews with Pete, his family, friends, and fellow musicians to present a rich, compelling portrait of one of the most remarkable performers, composers, and activists of this century. }

ISBN 0306803992   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780306803994 (What's this?)   Pages 416 Publisher The Perseus Books Group   Volumes 1 Imprint Da Capo Press Inc   Weight (grammes) 500 Format Paperback   Published in Cambridge, MA Publication date 01 Mar 1990   Height (mm) 229 Non-book description 388 p., 20 p. of plates :   Width (mm) 127 Library of Congress ML420.S445   Spine width (mm) 26 DEWEY 780.92   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate

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