Illustrated with more than 200 photographs, A Century of Country explains how the great stars of yesterday and today -- Jimmie Rogers, the Carter Family, Hank Williams, Gene Autry, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Roy Acuff, Elvis Presley, Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, Randy Travis, Reba McEntire, Clint Black, Garth Brooks, and many others -- made their careers against long odds.