Mark Zwonitzer: 2 books
The Statesman and the Storyteller
John Hay, Mark Twain, and the Rise of American Imperialism
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
In a dual biography covering the last ten years of the lives of friends and contemporaries, writer Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) and statesman John Hay (who served as secretary of state under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt), The Statesman and the Storyteller not only provides...
Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Mus
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
The first major biography of the Carter Family, the musical pioneers who almost single-handedly created the sounds and traditions that grew into modern folk, country, and bluegrass music.
Meticulously researched and lovingly written, it is a look at a world and a culture that, rather than passing,...