# Stephen Foster & Co.: Lyrics of the First Great American Songwriters

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- Authors: [Steven Foster](https://www.bookquiver.com/steven-foster), [Ken Emerson](https://www.bookquiver.com/ken-emerson)
- Publisher: library_of_america
- ISBN: 978-15-9853-070-4
- Pages: 204
- Published: 2010-04-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

Stephen Foster is the trunk of the tree of American song. His blackface minstrel songs, including “Oh! Susanna,” “Old Folks at Home” (“Way down upon the Swanee River…”),...