America's Instrument

America's Instrument
Author: Philip F. Gura
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1999
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780807824849

This handsome illustrated history traces the transformation of the banjo from primitive folk instrument to sophisticated musical machine and, in the process, offers a unique view of the music business in nineteenth-century America. Philip Gura and Jame