A definitive history of the most powerful ethnic music tradition alive in the Western World. And More. In tracing the lives of the men and women who sang the blues, on street corners and records, medicine shows and juke-joints, Paul Oliver (author) also charts the history of the black man in American society, from the cotton fields and chain gangs of the South to the crumbling tenements of the industrial North. From the Turn of the century (1900) to the present day it tells us in words of the blues-singers themselves, what it's like to live, die,laugh, cry the blues. Paperback: 176 pages of text, and many black and white photos. Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, 1972. Language: English. ISBN-10: 0140035095 Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.25 x 0.3 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds