Carolina Quotes
One of the things that music does is sum up a culture in some very concrete way.
Charles Frazier Carolinian
Source
Publisher's interview on the publication of Cold Mountain, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997; reproduced by BookBrowse
- form
- interview
- work
- Interview on Cold Mountain
- year
- 1997
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“One of the things that music does is sum up a culture in som…” Charles Frazier. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-87E6932B18. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/87e6932b18
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