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Elijah Wald Author

Elijah Wald is a writer and musician who speaks several languages and has travelled widely around the world, first as a hitchhiking street musician and later as a somewhat more serious researcher. His books include Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention ofthe Blues (2004); Narcocorrido: A Journey into t he Musicof Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas (2001); Josh White:Society Blues (2000, 2002) and River of Song: Music Alongthe Mississippi (1998; with John Junkerman).