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Book Review: Folk Singers and the Bureau (FBI)

19 Sep 20 - 09:41 PM (#4072529)
Subject: Review: New Book: FBI vs Folk Music
From: Hagman

The Folk Singers and the Bureau: The FBI, the Folk Artists, and the Suppression of the Communist Party, USA, 1939-1945, by Aaron Leonard (2020).

Detailed article follows, concentrating on Burl Ives.


https://crimereads.com/the-fbi-the-second-red-scare-and-the-folk-singer-who-cooperated/

20 Sep 20 - 02:51 AM (#4072535)
Subject: RE: Review: New Book: FBI vs Folk Music
From: Deckman

I FOUND THIS READING VERY TELLING, WELL DONE! (MY APPOLOGIES FOR BIG LETTERS … MY VISION IS FAILING).

THE HISTORY READS TRUE TO MY OWN PERSONA; MEMORY. LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, I ALSO WAS TAGRETED BY THE FBI. IT TOOK ME A FEW YEARS TO UNDERSTAND WHY? AS A YOUNG FOLKSINGER, I OFTEN SANG SONGS OF THE OPPRESSED, THE DOWN TRODDEN, THE VULNERABLE ETC...

I NOW THINK THAT ANYONE, IN HOOVER'S EYES, WHO EXPRESSED UNHAPPINESS WITH LIVING IN "WONDERFUL AMERICA" MUST BE A SUSPECT COMMUNIST?

SO SAD. SO VERY SAD. AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN … GOING THROUGH SUCH A SIMILIAR TERRINNY. (SORRY FOR THE POOR SPELLING AND VISION).

BOB(DECKMAN)NELSON

20 Sep 20 - 03:58 AM (#4072538)
Subject: RE: Review: New Book: FBI vs Folk Music
From: r.padgett

Have we the isbn no and availabilty in UK please?

Ray

20 Sep 20 - 04:06 AM (#4072539)
Subject: RE: Review: New Book: FBI vs Folk Music
From: Hagman

£9.99 from Amazon.co.uk....

    ISBN-10 : 1913462005
    Paperback : 323 pages
    ISBN-13 : 978-1913462000
    Product Dimensions : 13 x 2.49 x 19.71 cm
    Publisher : Repeater; New edition (8 Sept. 2020)
    Language: : English

20 Sep 20 - 06:57 AM (#4072560)
Subject: RE: Review: New Book: FBI vs Folk Music
From: r.padgett

Thanks

Ray

02 Oct 20 - 10:34 AM (#4074043)
Subject: RE: Had I A Golden Thread at your house
From: GUEST,Margaret Coughlin

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24 Oct 20 - 09:12 AM (#4076666)
Subject: Review: The Folk Singers &The Bureau (new book)
From: GeoffLawes

I have just started reading a new book “The Folk Singers& The Bureau” by Aaron J.Leonard” and think there might be a lot of Mudcatters who would find it as interesting and informative as I do . As the publishers say, it is “ The first book to document the efforts of the FBI against the most famous American folk singers of the mid-twentieth century, including Woody Guthrie, 'Sis Cunningham, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays and Burl Ives. Here is a link to a podcast in which Aaron J. Leonard is interviewed about the book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o658-HQuMAY&feature=emb_title

24 Oct 20 - 11:57 AM (#4076680)
Subject: RE: Review: The Folk Singers &The Bureau (new book)
From: r.padgett

Yes I got the book Geoff ~ was an earlier mudcat posting by Hagman very interesting so far

Ray

24 Oct 20 - 06:50 PM (#4076712)
Subject: RE: Review: The Folk Singers &The Bureau (new book)
From: GeoffLawes

Thanks Ray -I tried to find the earlier posting (or thread?) about the book but could not. Have you (or has anyone else)got a thread name or a link so that I can access what has already been discussed?
    I combined the two threads and put them under the actual title of the book. Watch the message titles to see which is from which.
    -Joe Offer-

24 Oct 20 - 08:59 PM (#4076717)
Subject: RE: Review: The Folk Singers &The Bureau (new book)
From: Hagman

Geoff, Thread is called Review: New Book: FBI vs Folk Music, from Sept 19...

24 Oct 20 - 11:08 PM (#4076729)
Subject: RE: Review: New Book: FBI vs Folk Music
From: Thomas Stern

refresh

25 Oct 20 - 04:08 AM (#4076739)
Subject: RE: Book Review: Folk Singers & the Bureau (FBI)
From: r.padgett

sorted ~ thanks

Ray
    This has become a Spam thread, so I'm going to close it. If you'd like to discuss this further, email me and I'll start a new thread and move these messages there.
    Joe Offer, joe@mudcat.org