2002.78.7
Songs For America
1984
12 in HIGH x 9 in WIDE
(30.48 cm HIGH x 22.86 cm WIDE)
(30.48 cm HIGH x 22.86 cm WIDE)
Gift of David E. James
2002.78.7
Songs For America, by Jim Walktendonk is a collection of songs protesting war, and its many facets. The cover is a camoflauge background with an image of the Statue of Liberty with banners about the GI Bill and another that is not legible, there is also a coat of arms, although it is unclear what it represents. The back cover is the same image.
There are fifteen pages contained in the book, and are titled as follows:
pg.1 Dedication (for Maude DeVictor)
pg. 2 Phot (of Walktendonk, with his address printed below)
pg. 3 Table of Contents
pg. 4 Hiroshima
pg. 5 Hill 6-0
pg. 6 Arlington's Gate
pg. 7 Hurting More
pg. 8 Kid's Song
pg. 9 America's Heart
pg. 10 Three Faces
pg. 11 The Claymore
pg. 12 Six More Blocks To Go
pg. 13 Starlight Crystal Fantasy
pg. 14 That's All That He Knows
pg. 15 Dreaming
Also included are cartoons about Agent Orange, Country Joe McDonald, and Operation Dewey Canyon IV, on the inside of the back cover.
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