Lost in the Antebellum

Robert Morritt is a historian, musicologist and author. As a younger student he wrote for a local newspaper on archaeological excavations at Dinas Powys in South Wales. He studied prehistory and early agriculture at the University of Manchester. Robert Morritt is author of the serialized (in the U.S.A.) article "Carson J.Robison," New Amberola Graphic, 1979 (serialized 1979-1984) and of numerous discographies (cited in the Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, Garland Reference Library of the Humanities,2004) His books include: The Quest: John Morritt, His Travels to Troy, 1794-1796. Also his paleographical work, Stones That Speak, Fragments of Yesterday, (early Appalachian music and recordings) and Echoes from the Greek Bronze Age. Forthcoming are: Rocking in the Desert and Carson J.Robison: Biography and Discography.