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Lost Delta Found: Rediscovering the Fisk University-Library of Congress Coahoma County Study, 1941-1942.(Book review)
Lost Delta Found: Rediscovering the Fisk University-Library of Congress Coahoma County Study, 1941-1942. By John W. Work, Lewis Wade Jones, and Samuel C. Adams, Jr.; edited by Robert Gordon and Bruce Nemerov. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2005. [xvi, 343 p. ISBN 0-8265-1485-5. $34.95.] Indices, appendices, illustrations, music examples.
The immediate attraction of Lost Delta Found is the inclusion of John W. Work III (1901-1967) among the authors. His American Negro Songs and Spirituals (New York: Bonanza, 1940) sold well on its initial publication and may still be found in many music libraries. It remains in print as American Negro Songs through ...
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