Big Rock Beat by Greg Kihn
Author Anita Wills, spent over thirty years reconstructing her families lost history. This book is about those in her family who had extraordinary achievements, such as Elijah Johnson, one of the settlers of Liberia. The search is complicated by the multiracial lines that Ms. Wills had to work with. The task is to document the oral history passed down through so many generations. The result is an amazing family history of a people who were labeled, Indian, Mulatto, Colored, Negro, black, and now African American. They are a people who intermixed and married in the Great Valley Region of Pennsylvania. The stories are of culmination of the history of the Authors ancestors beginning in Colonial America. They are part of the Mosaic that is America
NBC called Greg Kihn Rock's true renaissance man. His career stretches from the dawn of punk and indie rock to the discos of the 1980s to the glory days of MTV. As a pioneer with the legendary Beserkley Records, he helped write the book on revolutionary West Coast rock 'n' roll. In the 1990s, Greg turned his attention to writing fiction. He published four novels and a handful of short stories in various anthologies, and edited a compilation of original fiction by famous musicians. Horror Show was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780312867560 |
| ISBN 10 | 0312867565 |
| Title | Big Rock Beat |
| Author | Greg Kihn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Forge |
| Year published | 1998-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 351 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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