Listen: How Pete Seeger Got America Singing

Listen.

There was nobody like Pete Seeger.

Wherever he went, he got people singing.

With his head thrown back and his Adam’s apple bouncing,

picking his long-necked banjo or strumming his twelve-string guitar,

Pete sang old songs,

new songs,

new words to old songs,

and songs he made up.

In this gorgeously written and illustrated tribute to legendary musician and activist Pete Seeger, author Leda Schubert highlights major musical events in…