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William R. Ferris on Alan Lomax

THE LAND WHERE THE BLUES BEGAN

BY ALAN LOMAX

NEW YORK: NEW PRESS. 539 PAGES. $22.

ALAN LOMAX: SELECTED WRITINGS, 1934-1997

EDITED BY RONALD D. COHEN

NEW YORK: ROUTLEDGE. 363 PAGES. $30.

Stories about Alan Lomax and his exploits are legion. Once, while doing research in the Library of Congress Music Division, he was sitting across from a student who was deeply immersed in Lomax's classic Folksongs of North America. At a certain point the student looked up at the man across the table from him and asked, "Is Alan Lomax still alive?" Lomax replied, "Just barely."

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