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Mountain Boys Are Free: Portrait of Ned Guthrie, the Musicians' Abraham Lincoln

Jim Lowe

Airways' strikes were outlawed, copyright was denied, a severe restraint of trade was imposed, & a broadcaster's complaint could imprison a musician in a federal penitentiary. The draconian Lea Act's legacy unfolds naturally in this charming life story of the West Virginian who almost singlehandedly induced its repeal. For performing arts people, law students, & general readers alike, "...a reenactment of the David & Goliath theme in modern dress, with a balding clarinetist wielding the slingshot..."--(Nation's Labor).

GenresGuthrie, NedBand musiciansWest VirginiaBiography

173 pages

English edition · First published 1993 by J.G. Lowe · ISBN 9780963519702

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