Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter

By: Loretta Lynn

Published July 12th 2001 by Da Capo Press (first published January 1st 1976)

Category: Biography

Pages: 240 pages

ISBN: 9780306810374

Description:
Born in 1935 into abject poverty, married at age thirteen, and a grandmother by age twenty-nine, Loretta Lynn went on to become one of the most prolific and influential singers in modern country music. The first woman to be named the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year, Lynn boasts sixteen #1 singles, fifteen #1 albums, and sixty other hits including ÒHonky Tonk Girl,Ó ÒBefore I'm Over You, Ò ÒThe Pill,Ó and ÒAfter the Fire Is Gone. Ò Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter, a bestseller and the basis of the Oscar-winning film, is the intimate, revealing story of her journey from eastern Kentucky to Nashville to stardom to legendÑtold in her own voice, which rings as clear, natural, and powerful as the best of her songs.