Crossroad Blues
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Atkong>inong>s, Ace, PUBLISHER: Thomas Dunne Books, ong>ong>Theong>ong> blues are about ong>ong>theong>ong> ong>bottleong>s and steel used to slide guitars, a tong>inong> roof above a juke joong>inong>t, and ong>ong>theong>ong> heavy, thump of boots on a scuffed hardwood floor. But where ong>inong> ong>ong>theong>ong> mystery genre is ong>ong>theong>ong> blues hero? You can fong>inong>d Nick Travers, an ex-ong>Newong> Orleans Saong>inong>t turned blues historian, playong>inong>g harmonica at JoJo's Blues Bar ong>inong> ong>ong>theong>ong> French Quarter. On August , ong>ong>theong>ong> most celebrated figure ong>inong> blues history, Robert Johnson, was murdered outside a Greenwood Mississippi juke joong>inong>t. More than fifty years later, a college professor, followong>inong>g rumors of nong>inong>e unknown Johnson recordong>inong>gs, disappears ong>inong> ong>ong>theong>ong> Mississippi Delta. Travers leaves ong>Newong> Orleans to track down ong>ong>theong>ong> missong>inong>g professor. From ong>ong>theong>ong> neonslicked streets of ong>Newong> Orleans to ong>ong>theong>ong> pong>inong>ewood floors of modern Mississippi, Travers must unravel ong>ong>theong>ong> greatest mystery ong>inong> ong>allong> of blues lore.