Let Your Voice Be Heard
The Life and Times of Pete Seeger
New York : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016]
Format: Book
Description: 104 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Pete Seeger was an internationally honored folk musician and political radical who devoted his life to furthering humanitarian causes and getting people to sing. This biography traces his musical career, including the period when he was blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and the growth of his conviction that freedom and justice had to be defended and that the power of song could be used to fight back when these ideals were threatened.
Contents:
The beginnings -- Mentors and school -- Choosing music -- Becoming a performer -- Success at last -- Under suspicion -- Fighting back -- Joining forces -- Singing together to save our planet -- Pete Seeger's legacy.
Subjects:
Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014 -- Juvenile literature.
Folk singers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Illustrated children's books -- Juvenile literature.
Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014 -- Juvenile literature.
Folk singers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Illustrated children's books -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 1050L
ISBN:
9780547330129
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Seeger, Pete | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Seeger, Pete | North Main | Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Seeger, Pete | Southeast | Children's Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-98) and index.