Hank: The Short Life and Long Country Road of Hank Williams Contributor(s): Ribowsky, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 163149337X ISBN-13: 9781631493379 Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
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BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General - Biography & Autobiography | Music |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.4" W x 8" L (0.88 lbs) 512 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Country/Cowboy |
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Publisher Description: Mark Ribowsky's Hank has been hailed as the greatest biography yet (Library Journal, starred review) of the beloved icon. Hank Williams, a frail, flawed man who had become country music's first real star, instantly morphed into its first tragic martyr when he died in the backseat of a Cadillac at the age of twenty-nine. Six decades later, Ribowsky traces the miraculous rise of this music legend?from the dirt roads of rural Alabama to the now-immortal stage of the Grand Ole Opry, and, finally, to a lonely end on New Year's Day in 1953. Examining Williams's chart-topping hits while also re-creating days and nights choked in booze and desperation, Hank uncovers the real man beneath the myths, reintroducing us to an American original whose legacy, like a good night at the honkytonk, promises to carry on and on. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ribowsky, Mark: - Mark Ribowsky is a New York Times acclaimed, best-selling author of fifteen books, including biographies of Tom Landry, Al Davis, Hank Williams, and most recently, In the Name of the Father: Family, Football, and the Manning Dynasty. He lives in Florida.lorida. |
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