Carr, Patrick, Editor / The Illustrated History of Country Music

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Ex-Library. Library stamp on top pages, front flyleaf cut out. Country music from the Carter family to Dolly Parton, rockabilly to the crossover hits of today. Chapters: Across the Ocean, Into the Hills; The Birth of an Industry; Depression and Boom; Music from the Lone Star State; The Singing Cowboys; the Road to Nashville; Hank the Great; The Mount ain Sound Revived; Rockabilly!; The Nashville Sound; The Death of Rock, The Rise of Country; Modern Country. 100+ photos. 359 pages, including index. HANK WILLIAMS, ROCKABILLY, NASHVILLE, BOB WILLS, ROY ACUFF, EDDIE ARNOLD, GENE AUTRY, CARTER FAMILY, JOHNNY CASH, VERNON DALHART, RED FOLEY, LEFTY FRIZZELL, GRAND OLE OPRY, BILL MONROE, RAY PRICE, TEX RITTER, ERNEST TUBB, SNOW, JIMMY WAKELY, TAMMY WYNETTE