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Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey - McCormick, Robert Mack, and Troutman, John (Editor)
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The drama of In Cold Blood meets the stylings of a Coen brothers film in this long-lost manuscript from musicologist Robert "Mack" McCormick, whose research on blues icon Robert Johnson's mysterious life and death became as much of a myth as the musician himself "This is a human and humane book, an insightful exploration of the biographer's craft. [...] McCormick's book makes you feel what we lost when Johnson died young." -- New York Times " Reads like noir fiction. It's a detective story riddled with fatalism and ...

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Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey 2024, Smithsonian Books

ISBN-13: 9781588347817

Trade paperback

Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey 2023, Smithsonian Books

ISBN-13: 9781588347343

Hardcover