A Friend of the Devil

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

A Friend of the Devil

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About the book

This book is a fun and informative historical survey of songs that lionize notorious brigands from Ireland to Brazil, Italy to Australia, to the drug lords of Mexico and the inner-city gangs of the United States. For centuries each of these cultures have continued to romanticize criminals, raising them to the status of heroic figures through poetry, stories, song, and more recently film. A Friend of the Devil tracks the true story of these legendary bandits behind the songs that deify them, whil...Show more

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ISBN

9781617136719

Publisher

Hal Leonard Corporation

Published year

2017

Language

Edition

1

Original title

A Friend of the Devil

Format

Paperback

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