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010 a| 2009021371;

020 a| 9780786434596q| (pbk. : alk. paper);

020 a| 0786434597;

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100 1 a| Hursh, David,d| 1962-=| ^A1003383;

245 10 a| Good medicine and good music :b| a biography of Mrs. Joe Person, patent remedy entrepreneur and musician, including the complete text of her 1903 autobiography /c| David Hursh and Chris Goertzen.;

300 a| xi, 208 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-203) and index.;

505 0 a| Book 1: The chivalry of man as exemplified in the life of Mrs. Joe Person: Alice Morgan Person's story in her own words, 1858-1892. Part 1. The origin of Mrs. Joe Person's remedy -- Castles in the air -- The development of the remedy -- More castles in the air -- The chivalry of man -- More chivalry -- Clouds-sunshine: after the alps comes Italy -- I go to church -- More chivalry -- Partner no 2 -- Tarboro and tarboro ways -- Partners, adieu. Part 2: notes by the wayside. Flowers plucked from the hedges and thorns from the briar-bushes -- Poor John! -- Sonny -- Not my daughter, oh no! -- What is happiness? -- Big, rich and a strong pillar -- An honest man is the noblest work of God -- A woman's opinion -- Finale -- Book 2: a life out of the ordinary: Alice's story in the words of others. Part 1: the woman. Daughter and sister -- Wife and mother -- Medicine maker and musician -- Public and private. Part 2: reflections on the medicine and the music. Snake oil or Native American medical marvel? -- The remedy and the turn-of-the-century patent trade -- Alice and music in fashion -- Popular airs, blue Alsatian mountains, and nostalgia -- Appendix: timeline of Alice Morgan Person and her company.;

520 a| "Alice Morgan Person (1840-1913) was a colorful North Carolinian. Born wealthy and married well, she fell into hardship after the Civil War but remarkably overcame it by marketing her own patent medicine and playing and sharing her arrangements of folk tunes. Presented here is her previously unpublished autobiography as well as a detailed account of her life based on new research and first-hand accounts. Her place in the histories of American patent medicine and southern folk music are discussed."--Back cover.;

545 a| Award winner David Hursh was head music librarian and associate professor at East Carolina University's J.Y. Joyner Library in Greenville, North Carolina. Chris Goertzen is an associate professor who teaches music history and world music at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.;

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650 0 a| Women folk musiciansz| North Carolinav| Biography.=| ^A906499;

650 0 a| Patent medicinesz| North Carolinax| History.=| ^A1518;

650 0 a| Folk musicz| North Carolinax| History and criticism.=| ^A202660;

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Good medicine and good music : a biography of Mrs. Joe Person, patent remedy entrepreneur and musician, including the complete text of her 1903 autobiography / David Hursh and Chris Goertzen.

Author/creator	Hursh, David, 1962-
Other author	Goertzen, Chris.
Other author	Person, Alice Morgan, 1840-1913.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, ©2009.
Description	xi, 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects	Person, Alice Morgan, 1840-1913. Businesswomen--North Carolina. --Biography. Folk musicians--North Carolina. --Biography. Women folk musicians--North Carolina. --Biography. Patent medicines--North Carolina. --History. Folk music--North Carolina. --History and criticism. Nonprescription Drugs--history. History, 19th Century. History, 20th Century. Music--history. North Carolina--Social life and customs. --19th century. North Carolina--Biography.

Contents	Book 1: The chivalry of man as exemplified in the life of Mrs. Joe Person: Alice Morgan Person's story in her own words, 1858-1892. Part 1. The origin of Mrs. Joe Person's remedy -- Castles in the air -- The development of the remedy -- More castles in the air -- The chivalry of man -- More chivalry -- Clouds-sunshine: after the alps comes Italy -- I go to church -- More chivalry -- Partner no 2 -- Tarboro and tarboro ways -- Partners, adieu. Part 2: notes by the wayside. Flowers plucked from the hedges and thorns from the briar-bushes -- Poor John! -- Sonny -- Not my daughter, oh no! -- What is happiness? -- Big, rich and a strong pillar -- An honest man is the noblest work of God -- A woman's opinion -- Finale -- Book 2: a life out of the ordinary: Alice's story in the words of others. Part 1: the woman. Daughter and sister -- Wife and mother -- Medicine maker and musician -- Public and private. Part 2: reflections on the medicine and the music. Snake oil or Native American medical marvel? -- The remedy and the turn-of-the-century patent trade -- Alice and music in fashion -- Popular airs, blue Alsatian mountains, and nostalgia -- Appendix: timeline of Alice Morgan Person and her company.
Abstract	"Alice Morgan Person (1840-1913) was a colorful North Carolinian. Born wealthy and married well, she fell into hardship after the Civil War but remarkably overcame it by marketing her own patent medicine and playing and sharing her arrangements of folk tunes. Presented here is her previously unpublished autobiography as well as a detailed account of her life based on new research and first-hand accounts. Her place in the histories of American patent medicine and southern folk music are discussed."--Back cover.
Local note	Joyner- Library's copy signed by the author.
Local note	EMUSIC- 305140005227
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-203) and index.
Biographical note	Award winner David Hursh was head music librarian and associate professor at East Carolina University's J.Y. Joyner Library in Greenville, North Carolina. Chris Goertzen is an associate professor who teaches music history and world music at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.
LCCN	2009021371
ISBN	9780786434596 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0786434597

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