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Authors: Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger
ISBN-13: 9780452264458, ISBN-10: 0452264456
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Date Published: September 1983
Edition: Reissue

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Author Biography: Woody Guthrie

Book Synopsis

Woody Guthrie was born in Oklahoma and traveled this whole country over -not by jet or motorcycle, but by boxcar, thumb, and foot. During the journey of discovery that was his life, he composed and sang words and music that have become a national heritage. His songs, however, are but part of his legacy. Behind him Woody Guthrie left a remarkable autobiography that vividly brings to life both his vibrant personality and a vision of America we cannot afford to let die.

Horace Reynolds

But there's no mistaking Woody's talent fro expression, his ability to sling the American language. his book is an eloquent piece, wild as a train whistle in the mountains, a scrumptious picture of fighting, carousing, singing, laughing migratory America.-- Books of the Century; New York Times review, March 1943

Table of Contents

Foreword: "So Long, Woody, It's Been Good To Know Ya"vii
A Tribute to Woody Guthriexi
ISoldiers in the Dust19
IIEmpty Snuff Cans37
IIII Ain't Mad at Nobody57
IVNew Kittens74
VMister Cyclome82
VIBoomchasers93
VIICain't No Gang Whip Us Now116
VIIIFire Extinguishers133
IXA Fast-Running Train Whistles Down142
XThe Junking Sack158
XIBoy in Search of Something162
XIITrouble Busting179
XIIIOff to California191
XIVThe House on the Hill231
XVThe Telegram That Never Came245
XVIStormy Night256
XVIIExtra Selects270
XVIIICrossroads290
XIXTrain Bound for Glory309
Postscript320

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