John L. Handcox: Songs, Poems, and Stories of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union @ Booksfree.com


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John L. Handcox: Songs, Poems, and Stories of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union

by John L. Handcox

Format:  CD Audiobook
Published:  December 2004
Category:  Folk
Publisher:  West Virginia University
Narrator:  Mark A. Jackson

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John Handcox composed songs and poems that were sung at the Southern Tenant Farmer Union and used to raise spirits as the group struggled for better pay, favorable legislation, and better working conditions in Depression-era Arkansas. In 1937 Handcox made a recording. The songs were so popular that some have become folksongs themselves, recorded by musicians such as Pete Seger and Woody Guthrie. This CD represents the work of John Handcox from the 1937 material as well as more recent material that was recor

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