RODEHEAVER, HOMER ALVAN; SANVILLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON AND ACKLEY, BENTLEY DEFORREST — Christian Service Songs

Omaha, NE: Rodeheaver Hall - Mack Company, 0. Trade Edition. Hardcover. c1930-1940's. This book is in Good condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some rubbing, bumping and wear, along with some fraying. The front spine joint has cracking and fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has two pages of typewritten lyrics tipped in at the front before the group of advertising pages. This particular copy comes from Omaha, NE. The rear endpaper and rear pastedown page have several scribbles in red crayon. " Rodeheaver emerges as a complex, creative, entrepreneurial marvel, capable of predicting (and profiting from) future trends in sacred music. They reveal how he was able to promote African Americans and their gospel songs even as he (apparently) turned a blind eye to some of the mechanisms of the Ku Klux Klan. All told, the book raises the possibility that Rodeheaver had a more enduring impact than his original patron, Billy Sunday.Coming of age just after the dawn of the 20th century, Rodeheaver was a young man of unexceptional musical skills. Even so, he was blessed with a mightily engaging personality. People liked him. Throughout his life, they trusted him. They wanted him to succeed. And they invariably helped him to succeed." (from a review of Homer Rodeheaver and the Rise of the Gospel Music Industry by Douglas Yeo and Kevin Mungons as found in Christianity Magazine ). Good .