JONES, BESSIE & JOHN STEWART (COLLECTED AND EDITED BY) — For the Ancestors Autobiographical Memories
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1983. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0252009592. B&W Photographs; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright but has fading to the spine and spine joints. "Mary Elizabeth Jones (February 8, 1902 July 17, 1984) was an American gospel and folk singer credited with helping to bring folk songs, games and stories to wider audiences in the 20th century. Alan Lomax, who first encountered Jones on a field recording trip in 1959, said, "She was on fire to teach America. In my heart, I call her the Mother Courage of American Black traditions." " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
