McCormick, Mack,

Biography of a phantom : a Robert Johnson blues odyssey / Robert Mack McCormick ; edited by John W. Troutman. - xxx, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The town -- The search -- The map -- Back to the Delta -- Copiah County -- Other Johnsons -- Mississippi 304 -- Leatherman -- Listening and remembering -- Hindsight -- Greenwood.

"This long-lost manuscript from musicologist Mack McCormick features research on blues icon Robert Johnson's mysterious life and death, and became as much of a myth as the musician himself"--

1588347346 9781588347343


Johnson, Robert, 1911-1938.
Johnson, Robert, 1911-1938 --Death and burial.
McCormick, Mack.


African Americans--Social life and customs--Mississippi--Delta (Region)--20th century.
Blues musicians--Mississippi--Biography.


Biographies.

ML420 .J735 / M33 2023

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