1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910709982803321

Autore

Grover Nathan Clifford <1868-1956, >

Titolo

Surface water supply of the United States, 1922 . Part XII North Pacific slope drainage basins . C Lower Columbia River Basin and Pacific slope drainage basins in Oregon / / by Nathan C. Grover, F.F. Henshaw, and G.L. Parker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 1926

Washington, D.C. : , : Government Printing Office

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 186 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Water-supply paper ; ; no 554

Soggetti

Water quality - Columbia River Watershed

Water quality - Northwest, Pacific

Water quality - Oregon

Water-supply - Northwest, Pacific

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Prepared in cooperation with the States of Oregon and Washington.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781321303321

Autore

Beaumont Daniel E

Titolo

Preachin' the blues [[electronic resource] ] : the life and times of Son House / / Daniel Beaumont

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-975312-1

0-19-026806-9

1-283-16839-1

9786613168399

0-19-975335-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

782.421643092

B

Soggetti

Blues musicians - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. The Second Coming of the Son; CHAPTER 2. Ramblified; CHAPTER 3. The Blues Blowed My Spirit Away; CHAPTER 4. My Black Mama; CHAPTER 5. Dry Spell Blues; CHAPTER 6. Jinx Blues; CHAPTER 7. Eclipse; CHAPTER 8. Father of the Folk Blues; CHAPTER 9. He Was Who He Was; APPENDIX 1. Lyrics to Selected Songs; APPENDIX 2. Southold, NY, Police Report; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In June of 1964, three young, white blues fans set out from New York City in a Volkswagen, heading for the Mississippi Delta in search of a musical legend. So begins Preachin' the Blues, the biography of American blues signer and guitarist Eddie James ""Son"" House, Jr. (1902 - 1988). House pioneered an innovative style, incorporating strong repetitive rhythms with elements of southern gospel and spiritual vocals. A seminal figure in the history of the Delta blues, he was an important, direct influence on such figures as Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson. The landscape of Son House's life and th