Norm Cohen worked for the Chemical Kinetics Department at the Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles. His books include American Folk Songs: A Regional Encyclopedia. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and son and teaches chemistry and folk music part time.

Winner of an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, 1982."Norm Cohen's anthology of railroad folksongs will delight anyone smitten with the romance of the rails."--Newsday "A masterpiece."--American Music "Meticulously researched and clearly written, Long Steel Rail is now the sourcebook for American railroad folksongs."--New York Folklore "Norm Cohen has not only filled a gap; he has applied mature scholarship, historical sensibility, enthusiasm, and love to produce a major work on folklore, folk song, and the railroads' pervasive impact on popular culture."--Railroad History"A delightfully readable book for any armchair railroad engineer."--Choice "A delightfully readable book for any armchair railroad engineer."--Choice

Norm Cohen worked for the Chemical Kinetics Department at the Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles. His books include American Folk Songs: A Regional Encyclopedia. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and son and teaches chemistry and folk music part time.

Winner of an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, 1982."Norm Cohen's anthology of railroad folksongs will delight anyone smitten with the romance of the rails."--Newsday "A masterpiece."--American Music "Meticulously researched and clearly written, Long Steel Rail is now the sourcebook for American railroad folksongs."--New York Folklore "Norm Cohen has not only filled a gap; he has applied mature scholarship, historical sensibility, enthusiasm, and love to produce a major work on folklore, folk song, and the railroads' pervasive impact on popular culture."--Railroad History"A delightfully readable book for any armchair railroad engineer."--Choice "A delightfully readable book for any armchair railroad engineer."--Choice

Norm Cohen worked for the Chemical Kinetics Department at the Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles. His books include American Folk Songs: A Regional Encyclopedia. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and son and teaches chemistry and folk music part time.

Winner of an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, 1982."Norm Cohen's anthology of railroad folksongs will delight anyone smitten with the romance of the rails."--Newsday "A masterpiece."--American Music "Meticulously researched and clearly written, Long Steel Rail is now the sourcebook for American railroad folksongs."--New York Folklore "Norm Cohen has not only filled a gap; he has applied mature scholarship, historical sensibility, enthusiasm, and love to produce a major work on folklore, folk song, and the railroads' pervasive impact on popular culture."--Railroad History"A delightfully readable book for any armchair railroad engineer."--Choice "A delightfully readable book for any armchair railroad engineer."--Choice