TY - BOOK ID - 77876334 TI - A Florida fiddler : the life and times of Richard Seaman AU - Hansen, Gregory AU - Seaman, Richard PY - 2007 SN - 0817381937 9780817381936 0817315535 9780817315535 0817357610 9780817357610 PB - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, DB - UniCat KW - Old-time music KW - Storytellers KW - Fiddlers KW - Country music KW - Hillbilly music KW - Mountain music KW - Old-time country music KW - Old-time mountain music KW - Old timey music KW - Folk music KW - Popular music KW - Bluegrass music KW - Raconteurs KW - Tellers of stories KW - Entertainers KW - Violinists KW - Social aspects KW - Seaman, Richard, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77876334 AB - A musical life as glorious metaphor for Florida's cultural landscape.This biography of 97-year-old Richard Seaman, who grew up in Kissimmee Park, Florida, relies on oral history and folklore research to define the place of musicianship and storytelling in the state's history from one artist's perspective. Gregory Hansen presents Seaman's assessment of Florida's changing cultural landscape through his tall tales, personal experience narratives, legends, fiddle tune repertory, and descriptions of daily life. Seaman's childhood memories of fiddling performances and rura ER -