{"product_id":"never-without-a-song-the-years-and-songs-of-jennie-devlin-1865-1952-music-in-american-life-0252063716","title":"Never without a Song: The Years and Songs of Jennie Devlin, 1865-1952 (Music in American Life)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0252063716\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Katharine D. Newman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever Without a Song focuses on the centrality of folksong in the life of Jennie Devlin, a woman who worked for fourteen years as a \"bound-out girl,\" or serving maid, along the New York-Pennsylvania border in the late 1800s. Largely ignored and unwanted, Devlin persevered through Dickensian misfortunes to find love and raise a family (often alone) in Philadelphia and Gloucester, New Jersey. Katharine Newman met Devlin in 1936 and compiled information about the older woman's life and music. Half a century later, Newman returned to her collection in retirement, with her own perspective of age. The result is a unique biography of an American working-class woman, told with depth and candor. Newman also includes \"I Wish I'd Been Born a Boy,\" \"James Bird,\" \"Martha Decker,\" \"My Grandmother's Old Armchair,\" and other pieces, both British and American, most with tunes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51882964517152,"sku":"NEW0252063716","price":33.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61cI7uvX5qL_832aacfe-c5e7-4ccb-867c-65c4859d9cbc.jpg?v=1781851568","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/never-without-a-song-the-years-and-songs-of-jennie-devlin-1865-1952-music-in-american-life-0252063716","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}