Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book - Hardcover

Seeger, Peter; Jacobs, Paul DuBois

 
9780151003709: Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book

Synopsis

In an innovative treasury of tales, music, and ideas, the renowned folksinger offers a complete guide to the art of storytelling, with new versions of familiar folktales, original stories, and tales based on songs, family histories, and the past, along with suggestions for retelling and personalizing the stories and tips on creating one's own storytelling tradition. 35,000 first printing.

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About the Author

Pete Seeger, a Grammy Award winner as well as the recipient of the N.E.A. National Medal of Arts and Kennedy Center Honors, has performed all over the world for audiences of all ages. His internationally recognized songs include "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," "If I Had a Hammer," and "Turn, Turn, Turn." He lives in Beacon, New York, with his wife of over fifty years, Toshi Seeger.

Paul DuBois Jacobs is a freelance writer and poet. He earned an M.F.A. from the University of Virginia, where he was the recipient of the Henry Hoyns Graduate Creative Writing Fellowship. Paul's grandfather co-wrote a number of songs with Pete Seeger which led Paul to collaborate with Pete on Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book. He lives in Brooklyn.

Synopsis

The folksinger offers a guide to the art of storytelling, with new versions of familiar folktales, original stories, and tales based on songs, and family histories, along with suggestions for retelling and personalizing stories.

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ISBN 10:  0156013118 ISBN 13:  9780156013116
Publisher: Mariner Books, 2001
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