Shmoop Music Guide: Strange Fruit

Dive deep into Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday anywhere you go: on a plane, on a mountain, in a canoe, under a tree. Or grab a flashlight and read Shmoop under the covers. Shmoop's award-winning Song Guides are now available on your eBook Reader. Shmoop eBooks are like having a trusted, fun, chatty, expert always by your side, no matter where you are (or how late it is at night). Shmoop Music Guide offers fresh perspectives on the songs you know by heart. Find out what makes that riff so catchy or that lyric so deep. This guide includes analysis of lyrics, songwriting, historical context, cultural references, and the jaw-dropping stories behind the song and the artist. Experts and educators from top universities, including Stanford, UC Berkeley, and Harvard, have written guides designed to engage you and to get your brain bubbling. Shmoop is here to make you a better lover (of literature, history, music, life...) and to help you make connections to other historical moments, works of literature, current events, and pop culture. For more information, check out http://www.shmoop.com/music/