Up Jumped the Devil
Title | Up Jumped the Devil PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce Conforth |
Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2019-06-04 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1641600977 |
Robert Johnson is the subject of the most famous myth about the blues: he allegedly sold his soul at the crossroads in exchange for his incredible talent, and this deal led to his death at age 27. But the actual story of his life remains unknown save for a few inaccurate anecdotes. Up Jumped the Devil is the result of over 50 years of research. Gayle Dean Wardlow has been interviewing people who knew Robert Johnson since the early 1960s, and he was the person who discovered Johnson's death certificate in 1967. Bruce Conforth began his study of Johnson's life and music in 1970 and made it his mission to fill in what was still unknown about him. In this definitive biography, the two authors relied on every interview, resource and document, most of it material no one has seen before. As a result, this book not only destroys every myth that ever surrounded Johnson, but also tells a human story of a real person. It is the first book about Johnson that documents his years in Memphis, details his trip to New York, uncovers where and when his wife Virginia died and the impact this had on him, fully portrays the other women Johnson was involved with, and tells exactly how and why he died and who gave him the poison that killed him. Up Jumped the Devil will astonish blues fans who thought they knew something about Johnson.
Up Jumped the Devil
Title | Up Jumped the Devil PDF eBook |
Author | BRUCE. CONFORTH |
Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
Total Pages | 336 |
Release | 2022-06-07 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781641609012 |
Robert Johnson is the subject of the most famous myth about the blues: he allegedly sold his soul at the crossroads in exchange for his incredible talent, and this deal led to his death at age 27. But the actual story of his life remains unknown save for a few inaccurate anecdotes. Up Jumped the Devil is the result of over 50 years of research. Gayle Dean Wardlow has been interviewing people who knew Robert Johnson since the early 1960s, and he was the person who discovered Johnson's death certificate in 1967. Bruce Conforth began his study of Johnson's life and music in 1970 and made it his mission to fill in what was still unknown about him. In this definitive biography, the two authors relied on every interview, resource and document, most of it material no one has seen before. As a result, this book not only destroys every myth that ever surrounded Johnson, but also tells a human story of a real person. It is the first book about Johnson that documents his years in Memphis, details his trip to New York, uncovers where and when his wife Virginia died and the impact this had on him, fully portrays the other women Johnson was involved with, and tells exactly how and why he died and who gave him the poison that killed him. Up Jumped the Devil will astonish blues fans who thought they knew something about Johnson.
Up Jumped the Devil
Title | Up Jumped the Devil PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 336 |
Release | 2019-06-06 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781787602441 |
Up Jumped the Devil will astonish blues fans who thought they knew something about Robert Johnson.
Up Jumps the Devil
Title | Up Jumps the Devil PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Poore |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2012-07-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0062064428 |
“The sustained comedy in this hilarious novel is equaled only by its heart, and the myriad ways there are for it to break. I love this book. Michael Poore writes like an angel.” —Daniel Wallace, author of Big Fish John Scratch, the Devil himself, is the protagonist in this stunningly imaginative, sharp, funny, and tender novel, as he tricks, teases, and prods America to greatness in the hope of luring his lost love back down to Earth from Heaven. Up Pops the Devil is fiction with humor and heart, the kind of hilarious, off-beat, and original reading experience that fans of Chris Moore, Joe Hill, Chuck Palahniuk, and Jim Shepard would sell their souls for—a brilliant blending of the occult and the outrageous starring the anti-hero of anti-heroes, the one and only Prince of Darkness.
Up Jumped the Devil
Title | Up Jumped the Devil PDF eBook |
Author | Blair S. Walker |
Publisher | Amazon Encore |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781935597605 |
In Baltimore, black reporter Barryl Billups receives an anonymous tip that neo-Nazis are preparing a campaign of terror against African-Americans. A crank call, he assumes, but it turns out for real. A debut in fiction.
Chasin' that Devil Music
Title | Chasin' that Devil Music PDF eBook |
Author | Gayle Wardlow |
Publisher | Backbeat Books |
Total Pages | 291 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0879305525 |
Traces the development and characteristics of the Delta blues, and describes the most influential blues musicians and recordings of the 1920s and 1930s
The Devil Served Tortellini
Title | The Devil Served Tortellini PDF eBook |
Author | Shirley Jump |
Publisher | Zebra Books |
Total Pages | 356 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780821776926 |
When sexy chef Dante Del Rosso tempts determined dieter Maria Pagliano with his cooking--and his charming ways--it's a recipe for romance in this wonderfully witty, contemporary love story that comes with 35 delicious recipes. Original.