Roots and blues

By Arnold Adoff

Subjects: Novels in verse, Blues (Music), African Americans, African americans, fiction, Music, fiction, Music, Children's poetry, American, Fiction, Children's fiction, History and criticism, American poetry, Poetry, Juvenile poetry

Description: Lyrical text explores how the blues have been part of everyday life throughout history, from its origins in the sounds of the earth, through slaves' voices singing of freedom, to today's greatest performers--and listeners.