bThe drama of iIn Cold Blood imeets the stylings of a Coen brothers film in this long-lost manuscript from musicologist Mack McCormick, whose research on blues icon Robert Johnson's mysterious life and death became as much of a myth as the musican himselfb pLittle is known about blues master Robert Johnson, giving rise to legends that he gained success by selling his soul to the devil. iBiography of a Phantom A Robert Johnson Blues Odysseyi is musicologist Mack McCormick's all-consuming search to uncover Johnson's life story. McCormick spent years of his career reconstructing Johnson's mysterious life and death, but never made public his discoveries. iBiography of a Phantom ipublishes his compelling work for the first time, including 40 unseen black-and-white photographs. pThe book explores McCormick's sleuthing for Johnson's loved ones and to gather oral histories. An editor's preface and afterword from Smithsonian curator John W. Troutman reckons with the damage McCormick did to the