Product Description: Earl Robinson's autobiography, Ballad of an American, is the life-and-times story of the composer who wrote the immortal labor song "Joe Hill" and the cantata Ballad for Americans, which caused a media storm when it appeared on CBS national radio, with Paul Robeson singing baritone, in 1939...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This modern cantata is based on four high points in our national history: the Revolution, the growth of the Union, the Civil War, and the Machine Age.

Product Description: The 92 songs in this handsomely illustrated songbook — compiled and edited by one of America's leading authorities on folklore and folk music — colorfully document America's pioneering spirit. In song after song, the triumphs and miseries, thrills and adventures of homesteaders, lumberjacks, cowboys, gold miners, railroad workers, outlaws, and other early Western adventurers come vividly to life...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)