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Author:

Silvey, Anita, author.

Title:

Let your voice be heard : the life and times of Pete Seeger / Anita Silvey.

Publisher:

Clarion Books,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

104 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Seeger, Pete,--1919-2014--Juvenile literature.
Folk singers--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The beginnings -- Mentors and school -- Choosing music -- Becoming a performer -- Success at last -- Under suspicion -- Fighting back -- Joining forces -- Singing together to save our planet -- Pete Seeger's legacy.

Summary:

Pete Seeger was an internationally honored folk musician and political radical who devoted his life to furthering humanitarian causes and getting people to sing. This biography traces his musical career, including the period when he was blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and the growth of his conviction that freedom and justice had to be defended and that the power of song could be used to fight back when these ideals were threatened.

ISBN:

054733012X
9780547330129

LCCN:

2015034787

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

YFPC572 -- Springville Memorial Library (Springville)

TVPD862 -- Louise & Lucile Hink -Tama Public Library (Tama)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)