Escaping the Delta
Subtitle: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
Publisher: Amistad
Published: January 6, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780060524234
Subjects: Entertainment & Performing Arts - General; Johnson, Robert,; Blues musicians; Biography/Autobiography; People of Color; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; History and criticism; Genres & Styles - Blues; Composers & Musicians - Rhythm & Blues; Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers; Mississippi; d. 1938; Biography; Blues (Music); Blues music
First sentence: THERE HAS PROBABLY BEEN MORE ROMANTIC FOOLISHNESS written about blues in general, and Robert Johnson in particular, than about any other genre or performer of the twentieth century.