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Author Hansen, Gregory, 1962-

Title A Florida fiddler : the life and times of Richard Seaman / Gregory Hansen
Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : illustrations, music
Contents Arts mania -- And the merry love the fiddle -- Workshop -- "Your word was your bond" : an anthology of tall tales -- Uncle Josie's farm -- Richard's fiddle -- Core repertory -- Folklife in education -- A Florida fiddler -- The voice of a fiddler -- The icing on the cake
Summary Richard Seaman grew up in Kissimmee Park, Florida. This biography presents Seaman's assessment of Florida's changing cultural landscape through 30 tales, personal experience narratives, legends, fiddle tune repertory, and descriptions of daily life
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index
Notes English
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Subject Seaman, Richard, 1904-2002.
SUBJECT Seaman, Richard, 1904-2002 fast
Subject Fiddlers -- Florida -- Biography
Storytellers -- Florida -- Biography
Old-time music -- Social aspects -- Florida
MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Strings.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
Fiddlers
Storytellers
Florida
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Seaman, Richard, 1904-2002.
ISBN 9780817381936
0817381937
0817315535
9780817315535