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9 produkter
Defense Relations Between the United States and Vietnam
The Process of Normalization, 1977-2003
Häftad, 2005
373 kr
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Although the hostilities of the Vietnam War ended in 1975, the diplomatic repercussions lasted for several more decades. Eventually, however, the dedicated perseverance of diplomats on both sides paid off. In November 2003, Major General Pham Van Tra, defense minister of the Socialist Republic of …
Imprisoned or Missing in Vietnam
Policies of the Vietnamese Government Concerning Captured and Unaccounted for United States Soldiers, 1969-1994
Häftad, 2011
384 kr
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Despite their insistence that the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops was the condition for the release of prisoners of war, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam took little action to account for American POWs at the end of the Vietnam War. Almost two decades would pass following the end of the war …
Dwight Diller
West Virginia Mountain Musician
Häftad, 2016
275 kr
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Dwight Hamilton Diller is a musician from West Virginia devoted to traditional Appalachian fiddle and banjo music, and a seminary-trained minister steeped in local Christian traditions. For the past 40 years, he has worked to preserve archaic fiddle and banjo tunes, teaching his percussive, …
Tommy Thompson
New-Timey String Band Musician
Häftad, 2019
261 kr
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Tommy Thompson arrived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 1963, smitten by folk and traditional Appalachian music. In 1972, he teamed with Bill Hicks and Jim Watson to form the nontraditional string band the Red Clay Ramblers. Mike Craver joined in 1973, and Jack Herrick in 1976. Over time, …
Dan Levenson
Old-Time Banjo and Fiddle Teacher, Performer and Storyteller
Av Lewis M. Stern, David Brooks
Häftad, 2023
275 kr
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This is a biography of Dan Levenson, an old-time banjo and fiddle player from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Between 1987 and 1991, Dan worked for Goose Acres Folk Music Center in Cleveland, Ohio, where he dove deeply into old-time music. In the late 1980s, he formed the Boiled Buzzards; they recorded …
Wayne Howard
Old-Time Music, the Hammons Family and Mountain Lore
Häftad, 2021
269 kr
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From his birth in Owensboro, Kentucky, in 1947, to his 2020 album featuring the music of Lee Hammons, Wayne Howard has lived an exceptionally creative life. He seemed to be eternally present at fiddle festivals, involved in the creative forces working to preserve Southern Mountain music. In 1969, …
Jim Scancarelli
Fiddler, Banjo Player and Gasoline Alley Cartoonist
Häftad, 2022
409 kr
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North Carolina fiddler and banjo player Jim Scancarelli's extensive career as a string band musician began in the early 1960s. A founding member of the Kilocycle Kowboys, one of Charlotte's longest-lived bluegrass bands, he played banjo with the Mole Hill Highlanders, and in the 1980s formed …
Tommy Malboeuf
The Life of a Carolina Fiddler
Häftad, 2022
275 kr
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Adopted as a child from the Masonic Home for Children at Oxford, Tommy Malboeuf grew up in Troutman, North Carolina before enlisting in the Navy in the early 1950s. After his military service, Tommy found occasional work surveying and operating heavy equipment, and he also found a personal passion …
Kerry Blech
A Life Documenting, Recording and Performing Old-Time Fiddle Tunes
Häftad, 2026
478 kr
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Fiddler and historian Kerry Blech (1947-2023) devoted his life to preserving and understanding the creative practices of old-time fiddlers and contemporary traditional musicians. From the early 1970s onward, he amassed an extensive collection of field recordings, LPs, and copies of old-time string …
