Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-208) and index.
Contents:
Tradition, ambition, and the theater -- "Something big" : the birth of the National Folk Festival -- John Lair, student of the origins of American folk music -- Tooting the horn : the heyday of the National Folk Festival and Renfro Valley Barn Dance -- The changing scene -- The prima donna of folk -- Things have changed in Renfro Valley -- Staging tradition.
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