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Big Bill Broonzy was born in the
Arkansas Delta and headed north in the Great Migration after World
War I. He was the leading Chicago bluesman of the 1930s—fusing
traditional rural blues with the electrified urban sound. He
brought the blues to Europe and was a major figure in the folk
revival of the ’50s before his untimely death in 1958. The first
biography of Broonzy, Bob Riesman’s I Feel
So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy, is our
free e-book
for February.
“I knew Big Bill Broonzy in the
1940s and ’50s, near the end of his life. He was a great man, and
one of the great musical artists of the twentieth century, as well
as an intellectual, a term usually given to college people. I think
he was genuinely reaching out all his life to different people. If
it’s possible to put his story into words, Bob Riesman has done it
in this book.”—Pete Seeger
Get I Feel
So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy free in
February.
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The End is Nigh! The Great
Chicago Book Sale ends on February 28! The cloth edition of I Feel So Good is just $10 (see page 25). More than 600
books are in the Great
Chicago Book Sale. Sale prices start at $5 and are up to 80% off. Use
promo code AD9978 to get the discount prices.
Our Sale Catalog has books in all subjects, for all readers. And
plenty of lovely gift books. Prices are valid only until 2/28/2014.
Quantities are limited, so some titles may be depleted before
2/28/2014. Order today!
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About Chicago's e-books: The
University of Chicago Press has over 2000 titles in its Chicago
Digital Editions e-book program. Some of Chicago's e-books are
DRM-free, while others require Adobe Digital Editions software,
which is freely downloadable. Chicago Digital Editions are powered
by BiblioVault.
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This is the
February 2014 free e-book notification.
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