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Widely acclaimed for her award-winning picture books, Deborah Hopkinson presents the amazing story of John A. Lomax, the fi rst man to popularize such great American folk songs as “Sweet Betsy from Pike,” “Git Along Little Dogies” and, of course, “Home on the Range.”

When John was a boy in Texas, he wrote down all he’d learned from cowboys. Years later, with the encouragement of a beloved teacher, John set out on a cross-country trip to fi nd more songs for a book. Taking along his clunky Ediphone recording device, he convinced cowboys and Gypsies to sing for him and soon he had hundreds of songs preserved for generations to come.

S. D. Schindler’s gorgeous art brings the West alive in this inspiring story of discovery, which shows that if you love something as a child, you don’t have to give it up as an adult! ... Read more

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Home on the Range could be a wonderful homeschool or classrooom project!
John Avery Lomax was a singing boy.He loved to sing all day long and if the truth be known her probably knew more "folk songs, tunes, and ballads than there were in the great state of Texas."He seemed to have songs for everything from churning to planting.Every song seemed to make chores seem a bit easier.

Probably his favorites were the cowboy songs he often heard in the distance as he lay in bed.When he went off to college at the University of Texas, he thought his cowboy song collection would be appreciated.Forget that, it sure wasn't.Later when he went to Harvard University things began to change.Would Professor Wendell and his classmates appreciate the old time ballads and cowboy songs?They just might like them, who knew.Later on he would even attempt to get some of the old timers to sing them into his recording machine!

"Home, home on the range. . . "

This book is creative nonfiction, but is primarily based on the life of Lomax.I loved the illustrations and the storyline and the illustrations are delightful.The songs are not set to music, but if you can easily search out the complete cowboy lyrics and the chords on the internet (Home on the Range has five chords). If you have access to an autoharp, this would be a perfect classroom project for your students or homeschoolers to undertake! ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Publisher: [London] : WaterlowPublication date: 1915Subjects: Merchant Taylors' Company (London, England)Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Chapters: Mark Hopkinson, Tom Horn, Andrew John Yellowbear Jr., Robert Joseph Silveria, Jr., Dale Wayne Eaton. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mark A. Hopkinson (October 8, 1949 January 22, 1992) was a convicted murderer who was executed by the U.S. state of Wyoming in 1992 for the murders of Vincent Vehar, Beverly Vehar, John Vehar, and Jeffrey Green. He is the only person to have been subject to the death penalty in Wyoming since the 1960s. The facts of this case present one of the most bizarre stories in the judicial history of Wyoming. The complex and skillfully connected evidentiary chain of events began with the return of Mark Hopkinson to his native home in the Bridger Valley area of southwest Wyoming sometime in 1975. He had earlier left the Valley after accepting a football scholarship to the University of Arizona. While away he was convicted on charges of delivering controlled substances in 1971. Shortly after his release from a federal prison, he reappeared in Wyoming. Late in 1975, Hopkinson became embroiled in two legal disputes in which Vincent Vehar, an attorney, assumed something of an adversarial role. The first dispute arose between two families, the Hopkinsons and the Roitzes over water rights. In 1974, Joe Hopkinson, Mark's father, began doing ground work for a trailer court, in the process covering a ditch carrying water to the Roitzes. The Roitzes consulted Mr. Vehar and, as a result, filed a lawsuit against Joe Hopkinson. Shortly after a judgment was entered in the Roitzes' favor, Mark Hopkinson returned to the Valley. Mark not only assumed control over the development of the trailer court, but also sought to have that judgment reversed on appeal. In April 1976, Mark visited the Roitzes and asked them if they, together w...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3147954 ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Title: A History of the Site of Merchant Taylors' Hall, and Adjoining Properties Belonging to the Guild of Taylors of the Fraternity of Saint John Baptist in the City of London; Original Publisher: [London] : Riorden Press; Publication date: 1913; Subjects: London (England); Literary Collections / General; ... Read more

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Also Authored By Grace Ellery Channing. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Also Authored By Grace Ellery Channing. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! SirAlfred Hopkinson was an English lawyer, academicand politician who served as a Member of Parliamentfor two three-year periods, separated by nearlythirty years.He first stood for election to theHouse of Commons at the 1885 general election, whenhe was the unsuccessful Liberal Party candidate inManchester East. He was unsuccessful again as aLiberal Unionist candidate at the 1892 generalelection, when he stood in Manchester South-West.Hopkinson finally won a seat at the 1895 generalelection, when he was elected as MP for Cricklade inWiltshire. He resigned from Parliament in February1898, by the procedural device of acceptingappointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds ... Read more