I wonder as I wander
Subtitle: the life of John Jacob Niles
By: Ron Pen ; foreword by Rick Kogan
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780813125978
Subjects: Singers; Composers; Biography
Description: "The enigmatic figure of John Jacob Niles, collector, songwriter, composer, and scholar, receives its due in this new biography from Pen (director, John Jacob Niles Ctr. for American Music, Univ. of Kentucky)."--Library Journal.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-339) and index.

"Sound recordings of John Jacob Niles's music": p. [341]-353.
Table of contents: title: Overture : sunrise in Clark County; title: The families gather at the river; title: The move to rural Jefferson County; title: Independence and adventure; title: Jack Niles goes off to war; title: Life after the war; title: Creating a life in the Big Apple; title: Kerby and Niles present folk music on the concert stage; title: Doris Ulmann; title: Transitions and new beginnings; title: Life in Lexington; title: Settled in Kentucky; title: Dean of American balladeers; title: Consolidation of a life in music; title: Do not go gentle; title: Coda.