The following was sent to me as part of a 'round-robin' circulation. Some folk hereabout might have an interest in knowing about publication:
My new book, co-authored with Gene Tomko (a young blues scholar who did
most of the lyric transcriptions) is about *black hoboes and their songs*.
It's called WHAT'S THE USE OF WALKING IF THERE'S A FREIGHT TRAIN GOING YOUR WAY? 296pp, paperback only (no cloth edition), published by Charles H. Kerr Co. Indeed, it was their idea that I do the book.
Over 100 lyrics transcribed, and 25 of the best ones included on the free
CD that comes with the book. Chapters (and lyrics) are focused on various
aspects of the hobo life (including riding freight trains): share cropping,
the timber industry, coal mining, harvesting, the Great Migration, jobs in
the North, prison, the chain gang, and convict leasing, life on the Main
Stem, etc. Much first-person testimony from blues singing hoboes on the
life they lived. Many illustrations including 6 blues-related photos not
seen by modern collectordom.
List price $22. Beasley Books is happy to take your orders and you can
indicate whether you want a signed copy, or inscribed to you or a friend,
or just plain unsigned. Please include a street address as we use UPS
ground @ $5 anywhere in the lower 48 states. I am still recovering from
surgery--a radical cystectomy, with complications--so books are going out
kind of slowly, and I'm trying to avoid going to the PO. We accept Visa,
MC, AX, Paypal, MOs and checks.
Buyers from outside the US will be quoted economy and air rates from which
they can choose.
We appreciate your patience in advance!
Thanks for looking,
Paul and Beth Garon
Beasley Books (ABAA)
1533 W. Oakdale
Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 472-4528
(773) 472-7857 FAX
http://www.beasleybooks.com
