An edition of American interior (2014)
American interior
the quixotic journey of John Evans, his search for a lost tribe and how, fuelled by fantasy and (possibly) booze, he accidentally annexed a third of North America; or, Footnotes : a fantastical, musical quest in search of the remains of Don Juan Evans
By Gruff Rhys
Publish Date
2014
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Language
eng
Pages
313
Description:
A psychedelic historical travelogue from Welsh pop legend Gruff Rhys. In 1792, John Evans, a twenty-two-year-old farmhand from Snowdonia, Wales, travelled to America to discover whether there was indeed, as widely believed, a tribe of Welsh-speaking native Americans still walking the great plains. In 2012, Gruff Rhys set out on an investigative concert tour in the footsteps of John Evans, with concerts in New Orleans, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St Louis, North Dakota and more. This book is the story of these journeys.
subjects: Welsh, Travel, Rock musicians, Description and travel, Discovery and exploration, Evans, john, 1770-1799, Indians of north america, Missouri river and valley, United states, description and travel, early works to 1800, Welsh, united states, Concert tours, Musicians
People: John Evans (1779-1847), Gruff Rhys (1970-), John Evans
Places: United States, America, Missouri
Times: 1770-1799