HANK by Mark Ribowsky ( 9781631493379 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

HANK
THE SHORT LIFE AND LONG COUNTRY ROAD OF HANK WILLIAMS

By:

Mark Ribowsky

Format:

Paperback

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£14.99

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£12.74

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ISBN 10:

163149337X

ISBN 13:

9781631493379

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Publisher:

WW NORTON & CO

Pub. date:

7 November, 2017

Pages:

496

Description:

A heart-breaking, unforgettable portrait of country music's founding father and "Hillbilly King".

Synopsis:

After he died in the back seat of a Cadillac at the age of twenty-nine, Hank Williams-a frail, flawed man who had become country music's first real star-instantly morphed into its first tragic martyr. Having hit the heights with simple songs of despair, depression and tainted love, he would become in death a template for the rock generation to follow. Mark Ribowsky weaves together the first fully realised biography of Williams in a generation. Examining his music while re-creating days and nights choked in booze and desperation, he traces the rise of this legend-from the dirt roads of Alabama to the immortal stage of the Grand Ole Opry and to a lonely end on New Year's Day, 1953. This original work uncovers the real Hank beneath the myths that have long enshrouded his legacy.

Illustrations:

16 pages of photographs

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Imprint:

Liveright Publishing Corporation

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Returnable

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