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Jean R. Freedman

Biography

Jean R. Freedman

Jean R. Freedman earned a Ph.D. in folklore from Indiana University. She is the author of WHISTLING IN THE DARK: Memory and Culture in Wartime London.

Jean R. Freedman

Books by Jean R. Freedman

by Jean R. Freedman - Biography, Nonfiction

Born into folk music's first family, Peggy Seeger has blazed her own trail artistically and personally. Jean Freedman draws on a wealth of research and conversations with Seeger to tell the life story of one of music's most charismatic performers and tireless advocates. Here is the story of Seeger's multifaceted career --- from her youth to her pivotal role in the American and British folk revivals, from her instrumental virtuosity to her tireless work on behalf of environmental and feminist causes, from wry reflections on the U.K. folk scene to decades as a songwriter.