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Burnt Cork and Tambourines

Burnt Cork and Tambourines

Burnt Cork and Tambourines

William L. Slout

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Editorial:
Borgo Press
Año de edición:
2007
Materia
Obras de teatro, textos teatrales
ISBN:
9780893704582
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Includes the seminal 'Early History of Negro Minstrelsy,' by Col. T. Allston Brown, together with pen-and-ink portraits of the major minstrels, and a comprehensive index.

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