May 2000

Last Cavalier: The Life and Times of John A. Lomax

by Mike Shea

Lomax receives reverential, if bloodless, treatment in Nolan Porterfield's bio. It is a thorough — though at times stodgy — examination of the avowed Texian's lifelong devotion to unearthing and preserving the people's music.

Last Cavalier: The Life and Times of John A. Lomax: Nolan Porterfield, published by University of Illinois Press.