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From: rossiter@cornell.UUCP (David G. Rossiter)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Railroads in folksong
Message-ID: <80@cornell.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-Jan-86 09:11:01 EST
Article-I.D.: cornell.80
Posted: Fri Jan 24 09:11:01 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 27-Jan-86 03:09:49 EST
Reply-To: rossiter@cornell.UUCP (David G. Rossiter)
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THE book on American folksongs with any connection to railroading is
"The Long Steel Rail" by Norm Cohen, Univ. of Illinois Press.  Hardback
was published about 3 years ago, for $50; a full-sized paperback has now
been published, for about $20.  An incredible work of scholarship, with
all there is to know about the songs, their origins, performances, and
the railroading behind them.  This book can be ordered by any full-service
bookstore.  Any folk musician or railfan will spend countless hours with
this book.