England's Child: The Carillon and the Casting of Big Bells

Story of the carillon,the world's largest musical instrument; biography of author's father, bellfounder Cyril Johnston who introduced the carillon to North America in early 20th century. Author has intertwined her birth circumstances and motivations in writing this book, leading inevitably to her investigations of the bells that were cast for worldwide market, including the Laura Spelman Rockefeller carillon at Riverside Church in New York City. Three decades in the writing.