Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten

Elisabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasnt hersit was her big brothersand it wasnt strung rightshe was left-handed. But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By eleven, shed written Freight Train, one of the most famous folk songs. And by the end of her life, everyone from the California beaches to the rolling hills of England knew her music.

This lyrical, loving book from acclaimed singer-songwriter Laura Veirs and debut illustrator Tatyana Fazlalizadeh tells the story of the determined, gifted, daring Elisabeth Cottenone of the most celebrated American folk musicians of all time.|Elisabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasnt hersit was her big brothersand it wasnt strung rightshe was left-handed. But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By eleven, shed written Freight Train, one of the most famous folk songs. And by the end of her life, everyone from the California beaches to the rolling hills of England knew her music.

This lyrical, loving book from acclaimed singer-songwriter Laura Veirs and debut illustrator Tatyana Fazlalizadeh tells the story of the determined, gifted, daring Elisabeth Cottenone of the most celebrated American folk musicians of all time.|Elisabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasnt hersit was her big brothersand it wasnt strung rightshe was left-handed. But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By eleven, shed written Freight Train, one of the most famous folk songs. And by the end of her life, everyone from the California beaches to the rolling hills of England knew her music.

This lyrical, loving book from acclaimed singer-songwriter Laura Veirs and debut illustrator Tatyana Fazlalizadeh tells the story of the determined, gifted, daring Elisabeth Cottenone of the most celebrated American folk musicians of all time.

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