The Country Singer: The Story of Loretta Lynn

by Jeff Biggers

Overview

This biography of the famous country music star Loretta Lynn examines her humble beginnings as the daughter of a coal miner growing up poor in Appalachia during the Great Depression. Loretta was often in trouble at school for fighting and in the community for drinking alcohol and other delinquent behaviors. Her schooling ended in the eighth grade, and she was pregnant before her fourteenth birthday. Loretta married the baby's father and for many years scraped a living washing and cleaning other people's clothes, picking strawberries and other menial tasks. Then, Loretta Lynn's beautiful voice was discovered, and she rose above her difficult childhood to become one of America's greatest country music stars.

Written for students and young adult readers, this biography also includes an extensive vocabulary builder and ten thought-provoking review questions. Great for book reports and homeschoolers.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011814396
Publisher:	William Gladden Foundation Press
Publication date:	10/06/2010
Series:	HeRose & SheRose , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	745,263
File size:	16 KB

About the Author

Jeff Biggers is the American Book Award-winning of The United States of Appalachia, and In the Sierra Madre. He has worked as a writer, radio correspondent and educator across the United States, Europe, India and Mexico. His award-winning stories have appeared on National Public Radio, Public Radio International and in numerous magazines and newspapers, including The Washington Post, The Nation, The Atlantic Monthly, Salon, among others. He splits his time between Tucson and Illinois. His website is: www.jeffbiggers.com