Pete seeger biography amazon

Pete Seeger, The People's Singer is the first children's book about the legendary folk singer.!

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The book covers the passions, personalities and experiences of a lifetime of struggle - from the pre-WWII labour movement and the Communist Party, to Woody.

Pete Seeger, The People's Singer is the first children's book about the legendary folk singer.

Pete Seeger was an American folk musician and social activist whose outspoken songs about freedom and justice got him blacklisted from radio and TV for.

“The book offers unusual insight into Seeger's motivations, and for his relentless optimism in the face of adversity.

From School Library Journal

Gr 3–6—When Danziger wrote a play about Pete Seeger with her third grade music students and invited the famed folksinger to attend, she never dreamed that it would result in the beginnings of a biography on Seeger written for kids.

She tells his life story using simple, sometimes folksy language, peppered with black-and-white photographs. Chapters move from his childhood (he was raised by classical musician parents) to his career and rise to fame. Also covered are his family life, political activism, and subsequent blacklisting.

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He is portrayed as humble, musically inquisitive, and a man truly of the people. The compelling narrative will hold the interest of many readers. Danziger writes generally about activism but shies away from addressing Seeger's specific political beliefs—other than his involvement in the Hudson River cleanup.

When discussing Seeger's work to share folk music with mainstream U.S. society, Danziger describes him as going on "search