{"product_id":"in-the-country-of-country-isbn-9780375700828","title":"In the Country of Country","description":"In a series of indelible portraits of country music stars, Dawidoff reveals, among others, Jimmie Rodgers, the “father of Country”; Johnny Cash, the “Man in Black”; and Patsy Cline, a lonely figure striding out bravely in a man’s world. \u003ci\u003eIn the Country of Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate and expansive account of a quintessentially American art form and the performers that made country music what it is today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBoth deeply personal and endlessly evocative,  \u003ci\u003eIn the Country of Country\u003c\/i\u003e pays tribute to the music that sprang from places like Maces Springs, Virginia, home of the Carter Family, and Bakersfield, California, where Buck Owens held sway. Bestselling author Nicholas Dawidoff takes readers to the back roads and country hollows that were home to Chet Atkins, Doc Watson, Emmylou Harris, and many more.“There is no book that better conveys the spirit and passion that informs country music.” –\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fine portrait of country musicians and the places that spawned them.” –\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dawidoff’s passion for his subject shines on every page . . . . [His] search for personal messages in the lives of country music has a resonance and grace that is likely to find readers for a long while to come.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003eNicholas Dawidoff is the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Catcher was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eIn the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e and is the editor of the Library of America’s \u003cb\u003eBaseball: A Literary Anthology\u003c\/b\u003e. He is also a contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, The American Scholar, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of Harvard University, he has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a Berlin Prize Fellow of the American Academy. He and his wife live in New York.Author of The Catcher Was a Spy","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300318826725,"sku":"NP9780375700828","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375700828.jpg?v=1767729956","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/in-the-country-of-country-isbn-9780375700828","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}