Irwin Silber
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Irwin Silber (born October 17, 1925) is an American writer. He is known for his writing on American folk songs, for his past editorship of Sing Out! magazine, and as a political activist of the 1940s and 1950s. He is also the author of several books including:
- Songs of the Civil War [[1]]. Columbia University Press (1960).
- Songs of the Great American West [[2]]. Macmillan Press (1967).
- Socialism: What Went Wrong? - An Inquiry into the Theoretical and Historical Roots of the Socialist Crisis. [[3]] Pluto Press (1994).
- A Patient's Guide to Knee and Hip Replacement [[4]]. Simon & Schuster 1999.
- Folksingers Wordbook [[5]]. Music Sales Corporation (2000).
He was for a time married to Barbara Dane.
