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Publisher
Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Midwest has been characterized as an excellent seedbed for the germination of great thinkers, but a wasteland for their further growth. This collection reveals that representation to be false. More than just a springboard for the careers of future expatriates, the region has cultivated extraordinary intellectuals and allowed for the cross-pollination of a diversity of ideas. It has also been the site of shifting interpretations-to some a frontier,...
Author
Series
33 1/3 volume 139
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
By 1985 Tom Petty had already obtained legendary status. He had fame. He had money. But he was restless, hoping to stretch his artistry beyond the confining format of songs like The Waiting and Refugee. Initially conceiving a concept album about the American South, Petty, mired in excess and indulgence, lost the thread of the concept, then entirely jettisoned his ambitions for a concept record. In frustration Petty broke his hand while trying to mix...
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