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Author George-Warren, Holly.

Title Honky-tonk heroes & hillbilly angels : the pioneers of country & western music / words by Holly George-Warren ; pictures by Laura Levine.

Publication Info. Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA 781.642 George Hon 2006        Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo
Description 32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
age Children
Summary Profiles important and influential performers of country and western music, including the Carter Family, Roy Acuff, Gene Autry, Bill Monroe, Patsy Cline, and Loretta Lynn.
Contents The Carter family: Maybelle Carter (1909-1978), Sara Carter (1898-1979), A.P. Carter (1891-1960) -- Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933) -- Roy Acuff (1903-1992) -- Gene Autry (1907-1998) -- Ernest Tubb (1914-1984) -- Bill Monroe (1911-1996) -- Bob Wills (1905-1975) -- Kitty Wells (1919- ) -- Hank Williams (1923-1953) -- Patsy Cline (1932-1963) -- Buck Owens (1929-[2006]) -- Loretta Lynn (1935- ) -- Tammy Wynette (1942-1998) -- George Jones (1931- ) -- Johnny Cash (1932-2003).
Audience Middle School.
1210 Lexile.
Study Program Accelerated Reader 7.1.
Reading Counts! 10.0.
Provenance Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo
Subject Country musicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Country musicians -- Biography.
Country musicians.
Genre/Form Country music.
Biographies.
Juvenile works.
Biographies.
Added Author Levine, Laura, 1958- illustrator.
Added Title Honky-tonk heroes and hillbilly angels
ISBN 0618191003
9780618191000
Standard No. 9780618191000