Ed Cray

The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie

Ramblin' Man

Traces the life and career of the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, including his role as head of the Warren Commission, and assesses his impact on American society

A Biography of Earl Warren

Chief Justice

Edward B Cray

Traces the history and development of the Levi Strauss Company from a small family-owned business to a publicallyowned international corporation.

Levi's

A Completely Uncensored Collection of the Songs Everyone Knows and No One Has Written Down Before

The Erotic Music

The Erotic Muse

David Gregory

Paul Watt

Patrick Spedding

Derek B Scott

The songbooks of the 1830-40s were printed in tiny numbers, and small format so they could be hidden in a pocket, passed round or thrown away. Collectors have sought ‘these priceless chapbooks’, but only recently a collection of 49 songbooks has come to light. This collection represents almost all of the known songbooks from the period.

Bawdy Songbooks of the Romantic Period, Volume 1

If you've ever wanted to know the "correct" words to "Roll Me Over," or wondered where the melody of "Sweet Betsy from Pike" came from, this book can answer your questions. Extensively revised and including forty more songs than its predecessor, this new edition of The Erotic Muse is a unique scholarly collection of bawdy or forbidden American folksongs. Ed Cray presents the full texts of some 125 songs, with melodies for most of them and detailed annotations for all. His lively commentary places the songs in historical, social, and, where appropriate, psychological context.

American Bawdy Songs

The groundbreaking biography, available for the centennial of Woody Guthrie’s birth in July 2012. A patriot and a political radical, Woody Guthrie captured the spirit of his times in his enduring songs. Ed Cray, the first biographer to be granted access to the Woody Guthrie Archive, has created a haunting portrait.

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