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How I Got Over: Clara Ward and the World-Famous Ward Singers
Temple University Press, 2000 Cloth: 978-1-56639-489-5 | Paper: 978-1-56639-490-1 Library of Congress Classification ML420.W183A3 1997 Dewey Decimal Classification 782.254092
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Lavishly illustrated with photographs from the author's collection, this book chronicles the world-famous Ward Singers' story from rural Anderson, South Carolina, to the streets of North Philadelphia and beyond. Told by Clara Ward's older sister, Willa, with the assistance of musician and writer Toni Rose, the Wards' story ranges over the joys and frustrations, triumphs and agonies of what it means to be simultaneously a family, an entertainment business enterprise, and a group with a mission to spread God's word. See other books on: 1922- | African American & Black Studies | Ethnic Studies | Gospel musicians | How See other titles from Temple University Press |
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How I Got Over: Clara Ward and the World-Famous Ward Singers
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
Temple University Press, 2000
Cloth: 978-1-56639-489-5
Paper: 978-1-56639-490-1
Cloth: 978-1-56639-489-5
Paper: 978-1-56639-490-1
Lavishly illustrated with photographs from the author's collection, this book chronicles the world-famous Ward Singers' story from rural Anderson, South Carolina, to the streets of North Philadelphia and beyond. Told by Clara Ward's older sister, Willa, with the assistance of musician and writer Toni Rose, the Wards' story ranges over the joys and frustrations, triumphs and agonies of what it means to be simultaneously a family, an entertainment business enterprise, and a group with a mission to spread God's word.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
