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A SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE
THE BOOKSELLER''S Most Picked Book in General Non-Fiction Round Ups of 2017

Peggy Seeger is one of folk music's most influential artists and songwriters. Born in New York City in 1935, she enjoyed a childhood steeped in music and left-wing politics they remain her lifeblood. After college, she travelled to Russia and China against US advice before arriving in London, where she met the man with whom she would raise three children and share the next thirty-three years: Ewan MacColl. Together, they helped lay the foundations of the British folk revival, through the influential Critics Group and the landmark BBC Radio Ballads series. And as Ewan's muse, she inspired one of the twentieth century's most popular love songs, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face'.

With a clear eye and generous spirit, Peggy writes of a rollercoast

First Time Ever A Memoir

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 6 September 2018
      ISBN-13 9780571336807
      978-0571336807
      ISBN-10 0571336809
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      Entertainment Musicians, singers, bands and groups Traditional and folk music

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR
      SHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE
      THE BOOKSELLER''S Most Picked Book in General Non-Fiction Round Ups of 2017

      Peggy Seeger is one of folk music's most influential artists and songwriters. Born in New York City in 1935, she enjoyed a childhood steeped in music and left-wing politics they remain her lifeblood. After college, she travelled to Russia and China against US advice before arriving in London, where she met the man with whom she would raise three children and share the next thirty-three years: Ewan MacColl. Together, they helped lay the foundations of the British folk revival, through the influential Critics Group and the landmark BBC Radio Ballads series. And as Ewan's muse, she inspired one of the twentieth century's most popular love songs, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face'.

      With a clear eye and generous spirit, Peggy writes of a rollercoast

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