| Bound for Shady Grove Contributor(s): Harvey, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820321974 ISBN-13: 9780820321974 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2000 Annotation: In Bound for Shady Grove, essayist Steven Harvey celebrates the spirit of the music of his adopted home in Georgia's southern Appalachian mountains. There, at the wellspring of mountain music, he took up his guitar and assumed the journey that culminated in this book. Harvey's essays measure out in words the seasons of a life in music. Springtime pieces describe playing music in the log house of friends born and raised in the mountains or entering a banjo contest and losing with style. There are essays about fiddles and the devil, homemade instruments and homemade weapons, and a trip to England to trace mountain songs back to their elusive sources. As the book progresses into winter, the mood darkens, with pieces exploring the connections between music and resentment, loss, and death. Descriptions of music, hills, and people blend into a rich harmony as Harvey explores where music has taken him -- where, in fact, music can take any of us. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Music | Ethnic |
| Dewey: 781.621 |
| LCCN: 99047566 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.22" W x 8.2" (0.86 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Appalachians - Geographic Orientation - Georgia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Bound for Shady Grove, essayist Steven Harvey celebrates the spirit of the music of his adopted home in the southern Appalachian mountains. There, at the wellspring of mountain music, he took up his guitar and assumed the journey that culminated in this book. Harvey's essays measure out in words the four seasons of a life in music. Springtime pieces describe playing music in the log house of friends born and raised in the mountains or entering a banjo contest and losing with style. There are essays about fiddles and the devil, homemade instruments and homemade weapons, and a trip to England to trace mountain songs back to their elusive sources. As the book progresses into winter, the mood darkens, with pieces exploring the connection between music and resentment, loss, and death. Descriptions of music, hills, and people blend into a rich harmony as Harvey explores where music has taken him--where, in fact, music can take any of us. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harvey, Steven: - STEVEN HARVEY is a professor of English at Young Harris College. The author of A Geometry of Lilies: Life and Death in an American Family, he was a MacDowell Colony Fellow in 1994. He lives in north Georgia. |