[ebooks] Time Travel: Tourism and the Rise of the Living History Museum in Mid-Twentieth-Century Canada by Alan Gordon in Arts-Photography

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Curtis Mayfield was one of the seminal vocalists and most talented guitarists of his era; and his music played a vital role in the civil rights movement: "People Get Ready" was the black anthem of the time. In Traveling Soul; Todd Mayfield tells his famously private fathers story in riveting detail. Born into dire poverty; raised in the slums of Chicago; Curtis became a musical prodigy; not only singing like a dream but growing into a brilliant songwriter. In the 1960s he opened his own label and production company and worked with many other top artists; including the Staple Singers. Curtiss life was famously cut short by an accident that left him paralyzed; but in his declining health he received the long-awaited recognition of the music industry. Passionate; illuminating; vivid; and absorbing; Traveling Soul will doubtlessly take its place among the classics of music biography.