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The Great Dan Emmett: Burnt-Cork Artist Extraordinaire
The Great Dan Emmett BurntCork Artist Extraordinaire Author:Lorle Porter, PhD For Three Decades, Daniel Decatur Emmett was a headliner in musical theatre, the author of dozens of plays and hundreds of songs. His best known work is Dixie, a song that pulled him into the polarizing debates and political correctness of these times. By the 1870's, his genre had been eclipsed by more sophisticated vaudeville entertainment, and... more » his fame faded.
Mount Vernon, Ohio-born Uncle Dan Emmett's story unfolds here through manuscripts and essays never before published.« less