{"product_id":"odettas-one-grain-of-sand-9781501333323","title":"Odettas One Grain of Sand","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Frye Jacobson\u003c\/b\u003e teaches American Studies and African American Studies at Yale University, and is the co-founder of the Public Humanities program there.  He has written extensively on a range of cultural forms, including film, television, literature, the arts, sports, music, and comedy.  In addition to his five books on aspects of race in US culture, he has conducted several documentary, curatorial, and artistic projects, including \u003ci\u003eThe Historian's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, a web-based documentary project, and his forthcoming film, \u003ci\u003eA Long Way from Home:  The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eOdetta’s One Grain of Sand\u003c\/i\u003e] is part of the estimable \u003ci\u003e33 1\/3 \u003c\/i\u003eseries of short books about individual albums ... [It] expands the context of Odetta’s songs, setting her alongside figures like Zora Neale Hurston, W.E.B. Du Bois and many others. * The New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eIt is quite something to present a cohesive history of black America, a life story of an amazing human, and a review of a very important album all into 120 pages. But Jacobson has done so ... I highly recommend you get both of them [this book and One Grain of Sand] in your eyes and ears as soon as is humanly possible. * Bookmunch *\u003cbr\u003eBoth informative and fascinating ... This is a very enjoyable read and a book that’s hard to put down once you start into it ... If you have an interest in social history and the importance of folk music as a chronicler of the times, then this is a book that will greatly appeal to you. * Americana UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction:  One Grain of Sand Midnight Special:  The Archivist Cool Water:  The Coffeehouse Moses, Moses:  Spiritual Geographies Cotton Fields:  Social Geographies Conclusion:  Ain’t No Grave Acknowledgments Notes","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409311048023,"sku":"9781501333323","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501333323.jpg?v=1730506376","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/odettas-one-grain-of-sand-9781501333323","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}