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Woody Guthrie - American Radical Patriot

2013-07 History
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Release : 2013-07
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Woody Guthrie - American Radical Patriot by : Bill Nowlin

Download or read book Woody Guthrie - American Radical Patriot written by Bill Nowlin. This book was released on 2013-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't miss this tribute to the writer and composer of the greatest love song ever written, This Land is Your Land. Woody Guthrie's voice takes us back to the America that created a movement of such voices; you listen to Woody at the risk of being won over to the cause of working class Americans and the understanding that their cause is yours as well. --Norman Lear This book was written to accompany the Rounder Records release of the same title, which encompasses six compact discs and one DVD. It includes a complete transcription of all the words to all the songs and stories which Woody Guthrie recorded for the Library of Congress, the recordings he made for the Bonneville Power Administration, the radio dramas recorded for the Office of War Information during World War II and to help with public health efforts in the years after the war. There is also an essay on the SS Reuben James (including a recent interview with the last-known survivor).

Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie

2006-03-17 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2006-03-17
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie by : Ed Cray

Download or read book Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie written by Ed Cray. This book was released on 2006-03-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A patriot and a political radical, Woody Guthrie captured the spirit of his times in his enduring songs. Ed Cray, the first biographer to be granted access to the Woody Guthrie Archive, has created a haunting portrait.

Woody Guthrie, American Radical

2011 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2011
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Woody Guthrie, American Radical by : Will Kaufman

Download or read book Woody Guthrie, American Radical written by Will Kaufman. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Joe Klein's Woody Guthrie and Ed Cray's Ramblin' Man capture Woody Guthrie's freewheeling personality and his empathy for the poor and downtrodden, Kaufman is the first to portray in detail Guthrie's commitment to political radicalism, especially communism. Drawing on previously unseen letters, song lyrics, essays, and interviews with family and friends, Kaufman traces Guthrie's involvement in the workers' movement and his development of protest songs. He portrays Guthrie as a committed and flawed human immersed in political complexity and harrowing personal struggle. Since most of the stories in Kaufman's appreciative portrait will be familiar to readers interested in Guthrie, it is best for those who know little about the singer to read first his autobiography, Bound for Glory, or as a next read after American Radical.

Alan Lomax

2010-12-30 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2010-12-30
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Alan Lomax by : John Szwed

Download or read book Alan Lomax written by John Szwed. This book was released on 2010-12-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable life and times of the man who popularized American folk music and created the science of song Folklorist, archivist, anthropologist, singer, political activist, talent scout, ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, concert and record producer, Alan Lomax is best remembered as the man who introduced folk music to the masses. Lomax began his career making field recordings of rural music for the Library of Congress and by the late 1930s brought his discoveries to radio, including Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Burl Ives. By the 1940s he was producing concerts that brought white and black performers together, and in the 1950s he set out to record the whole world. Lomax was also a controversial figure. When he worked for the U. S. government he was tracked by the FBI, and when he worked in Britain, MI5 continued the surveillance. In his last years he turned to digital media and developed technology that anticipated today's breakthroughs. Featuring a cast of characters including Eleanor Roosevelt, Leadbelly, Carl Sandburg, Carl Sagan, Jelly Roll Morton, Muddy Waters, and Bob Dylan, Szwed's fascinating biography memorably captures Lomax and provides a definitive account of an era as seen through the life of one extraordinary man.

House of Earth

2013-02-05 Fiction
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Release : 2013-02-05
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis House of Earth by : Woody Guthrie

Download or read book House of Earth written by Woody Guthrie. This book was released on 2013-02-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller Finished in 1947 and lost to readers until now, House of Earth is legendary folk singer and American icon Woody Guthrie’s only finished novel. A powerful portrait of Dust Bowl America, it’s the story of an ordinary couple’s dreams of a better life and their search for love and meaning in a corrupt world. Tike and Ella May Hamlin are struggling to plant roots in the arid land of the Texas panhandle. The husband and wife live in a precarious wooden farm shack, but Tike yearns for a sturdy house that will protect them from the treacherous elements. Thanks to a five-cent government pamphlet, Tike has the know-how to build a simple adobe dwelling, a structure made from the land itself—fireproof, windproof, Dust Bowl-proof. A house of earth. A story of rural realism and progressive activism, and in many ways a companion piece to Guthrie’s folk anthem “This Land Is Your Land,” House of Earth is a searing portrait of hardship and hope set against a ravaged landscape. Combining the moral urgency and narrative drive of John Steinbeck with the erotic frankness of D. H. Lawrence, here is a powerful tale of America from one of our greatest artists. An essay by bestselling historian Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp introduce House of Earth, the inaugural title in Depp’s imprint at HarperCollins, Infinitum Nihil.

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