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Who was Pete Seeger? / by Noel MacCarry ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Who was-- ?Publisher: New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2017]Description: 108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780448484754
  • 0448484757
  • 9780515157987
  • 0515157988
Other title:
  • Pete Seeger
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Who was Pete Seeger? -- Young Peter -- Finding his way -- Love and war -- Little House on the Hudson -- Pete on trial -- We shall overcome -- Give peace a chance -- The Clearwater -- American hero -- Timelines.
Summary: Presents the life of the folk singer and social activist, and discusses his role in the union, anti-war, civil rights, and environmental movements and the opposition he sometimes aroused for his radical views.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Biography Seeger, P. M123 Checked out 05/28/2024 33111008940336
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Seeger, P. M123 Available 33111008782001
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's Biography Seeger, P. M123 Available 33111007824192
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Pete Seeger was still singing and playing the banjo for tens of thousands of fans even when he was at the age of ninety-four. Born in New York City on May 3, 1919, Pete came from a family of musicians. Despite writing and singing folk songs that all of America knows, not many kids know his name. Why? Because his ties to the Communist Party got him banned from radio and television for many years! Well-known for his civil rights activism with Martin Luther King Jr., Seeger also spearheaded efforts that cleaned up the Hudson River and made it beautiful again. His best-known songs include "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", "If I Had a Hammer" and "Turn, Turn, Turn."

In this easy-to-read biography from the New York Times best-selling series, Pete Seeger is revealed as not just a performer but as a champion for a better world and the eighty illustrations contained in the book help bring his story to life.

Includes bibliographical references (page 108).

Who was Pete Seeger? -- Young Peter -- Finding his way -- Love and war -- Little House on the Hudson -- Pete on trial -- We shall overcome -- Give peace a chance -- The Clearwater -- American hero -- Timelines.

Presents the life of the folk singer and social activist, and discusses his role in the union, anti-war, civil rights, and environmental movements and the opposition he sometimes aroused for his radical views.

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