JIMMIE RODGERS: The Life and Times of America's Blue Yodeler

Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933), the first performer elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame, was a folk hero in his own lifetime and has been idolized by fans and emulated by performers ever since. His story has been susceptible to romanticizing, marked as it was by humble origins, sudden success and fame, and an early death from tuberculosis. Well illus.