01573cam a2200265 4500 71437744 TxAuBib 010705s1999||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2001271783 9781575871080 1575871084 TxAuBib SLOSS FURNACES NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. Spirit of Steel : Music of the Mines, Railroads and Mills of the Birmingham District : An Educational Resource / produced by the Sloss Furnance Association, Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark and Crane Hill Publishers ; with a foreword by Archie Green. Birmingham, Ala. : Sloss Furnances National Historic Landmark with Crane Hill Publishers, 1999. 82 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [79]-80). Gandy dancing / Maggie Holtzberg -- Notes on the early recorded blues of Birmingham / Gayle Dean Wardlow -- Birmingham quartets celebrate the union movement / Ray Funk -- Fiddle tunes for mining towns / Joyce Cauthen -- The ballad of John Catchings / Joyce Cauthen -- Additional notes on the music with lyrics. 19991213. Working class Alabama Birmingham Region Songs and music History and criticism. Working class Alabama Birmingham Region Songs and music. Folk music Alabama Birmingham Region History and criticism. Folk music Alabama Birmingham Region. Sloss Furnace Association.