University of Iowa

University Libraries

Home Page - Graphic History

Tags:

  music     brian epstein     civil rights movements     police violence     iran     political campaigns     colonialism     judaism     resistance     pearl harbor     radicalism     war     france     soviet union     soldiers     physics     taliban     african americans     germany     wwi   View more

Tags:

  music     brian epstein     civil rights movements     police violence     iran     political campaigns     colonialism     judaism     resistance     pearl harbor     radicalism     war     france     soviet union     soldiers     physics     taliban     african americans     germany     wwi  

Bluesman

  • Annotation:
    • A graphic novel of historical fiction, this story is structured like a traditional twelve bar blues song, with three sections each made of four chapters, and follows blues musician Lem Taylor's journey across Arkansas of the late twenties, hunted for a crime he didn't commit.
  • Creator:
  • Publication Information:
    • NBM, New York, 2006
  • Color or Black & White:
    • Black and White
  • Genre:
    • Historical Fiction
  • Bibliography Available:
    • No
  • Original Language:
    • English
  • Historical Topic/Event:
    • Blues
  • Geographic Setting:
    • Arkansas
  • Date Range:
    • 1925 - 1929
  • Tags:
  • Notes:
Graphic History

Copyright 2026

Funded in part by a Carnegie-Whitney Grant from the American Library Association.

Graphic History is a database of available/in-print graphic novels dealing with historical settings, events, or people. It is hosted by the University of Iowa Libraries.
Learn more at http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/graphichistory.

Home | Full List | Search Options | Login