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2157874WORDS & MUSIChttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/words-music-2/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1928832/9e6847dc-c9c7-4962-8f26-0d1dfc5e1c3a.jpg?v=638344993255170000513513MXNRay McAllister Books LLC, dba Beach Glass BooksInStock/Ebooks/<p>ONE RAINY AFTERNOON, sixth grader Philip Gerard sat down and made a list of ten things he wanted to do: Go to Alaska. Write a book. Sail the ocean. And so forth. A virtual outline of a life.</p><p>The legendary writer would check off most items during his lifetime, some many times over. But Number Ten remained elusive, a quest unfulfilled:</p><p><em>Make a record album.</em></p><p>Gerard had been learning to play his first instrument, the guitar, when he made the list. Song-writing was well in his future. Years passed and his experiences added up. Country-wide travels. Books and more books. Literary honors piled on top of one another. Teaching and mentorships. Songs and more songs. Gigs and more gigs. Half a century after jotting down his list, he would begin the album of a lifetime. He and a cadre of top musicians headed into the studio and on tour with fifteen of his songs. The acclaimed <em>American Anthem</em> emerged.</p><p>So, too, would this memoir of how it all happened. How life happened. Beach Glass Book proudly announces the Sept. 26, 2023 publication of <em>WORDS & MUSIC</em>. Written shortly before Philip Gerards passing, it is, in a sense, not one book but three. Gerard has left us the story of an album, the story of a literary life, and the inspiring story of a dream finally made real.</p><p><strong>The story of a life, told with elegance and craft, that all readers owe it to themselves to read.</strong> JASON MOTT, National Book Award-Winning Author of Hell of a Book</p><p><strong>Gerards talents are only rivaled by his wisdom and sense of joy.</strong> JILL McCORKLE, N.Y. Times Bestselling Author of Life After Life, Winner of the N.C. Award for Literature</p><p><strong>[A] phenomenally revelatory memoir. . . . Gerards gift of song to us is simply fine, and we will be singing with him forever.</strong> BLAND SIMPSON, Award-Winning Author and Pianist of the Tony Award-winning Red Clay Ramblers</p><p><strong>In Gerards many books you find history, and adventure, and a search for justice. And in this one, you find Philip.</strong> CLYDE EDGERTON, author of <em>The Night Train</em> and <em>Redeye</em></p>...2132963WORDS & MUSIC513513https://www.gandhi.com.mx/words-music-2/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1928832/9e6847dc-c9c7-4962-8f26-0d1dfc5e1c3a.jpg?v=638344993255170000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20231230006937492_W3siaWQiOiJiYzY1MWU3Mi0zN2U5LTQxNGYtYmNhNC1hYmIyNzE5YmU0MzAiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjUxMywiZGlzY291bnQiOjAsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6NTEzLCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiSXBwIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNS0wNS0yNlQwMTowMDowMFoiLCJ0byI6IjIwMjUtMDYtMzBUMjM6NTk6NTlaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX0seyJpZCI6IjU0YTg4Y2IwLTNlZTItNDk1YS04YmQyLTA0NDk0MzkzNDNkMSIsImxpc3RQcmljZSI6NDg0LCJkaXNjb3VudCI6MCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo0ODQsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJJcHAiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI1LTA3LTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==1230006937492_<p>ONE RAINY AFTERNOON, sixth grader Philip Gerard sat down and made a list of ten things he wanted to do: Go to Alaska. Write a book. Sail the ocean. And so forth. A virtual outline of a life.</p><p>The legendary writer would check off most items during his lifetime, some many times over. But Number Ten remained elusive, a quest unfulfilled:</p><p><em>Make a record album.</em></p><p>Gerard had been learning to play his first instrument, the guitar, when he made the list. Song-writing was well in his future. Years passed and his experiences added up. Country-wide travels. Books and more books. Literary honors piled on top of one another. Teaching and mentorships. Songs and more songs. Gigs and more gigs. Half a century after jotting down his list, he would begin the album of a lifetime. He and a cadre of top musicians headed into the studio and on tour with fifteen of his songs. The acclaimed <em>American Anthem</em> emerged.</p><p>So, too, would this memoir of how it all happened. How life happened. Beach Glass Book proudly announces the Sept. 26, 2023 publication of <em>WORDS & MUSIC</em>. Written shortly before Philip Gerards passing, it is, in a sense, not one book but three. Gerard has left us the story of an album, the story of a literary life, and the inspiring story of a dream finally made real.</p><p><strong>The story of a life, told with elegance and craft, that all readers owe it to themselves to read.</strong> JASON MOTT, National Book Award-Winning Author of Hell of a Book</p><p><strong>Gerards talents are only rivaled by his wisdom and sense of joy.</strong> JILL McCORKLE, N.Y. Times Bestselling Author of Life After Life, Winner of the N.C. Award for Literature</p><p><strong>[A] phenomenally revelatory memoir. . . . Gerards gift of song to us is simply fine, and we will be singing with him forever.</strong> BLAND SIMPSON, Award-Winning Author and Pianist of the Tony Award-winning Red Clay Ramblers</p><p><strong>In Gerards many books you find history, and adventure, and a search for justice. And in this one, you find Philip.</strong> CLYDE EDGERTON, author of <em>The Night Train</em> and <em>Redeye</em></p>...1230006937492_Ray McAllister Books LLC, dba Beach Glass Bookslibro_electonico_3ab68c17-0bc2-32f2-b866-68f6104755d0_1230006937492;1230006937492_1230006937492Ray McAllisterInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/c3963c86-3960-4207-8e9e-8b2fb2b694fc-epub-abcd911c-30f9-4649-8e82-4a8d18da943a.epub2023-10-06T00:00:00+00:00Ray McAllister Books LLC, dba Beach Glass Books