Authors: Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger
ISBN-13: 9780452264458, ISBN-10: 0452264456
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Date Published: September 1983
Edition: Reissue
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.
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
Foreword: "So Long, Woody, It's Been Good To Know Ya" | vii | |
A Tribute to Woody Guthrie | xi | |
I | Soldiers in the Dust | 19 |
II | Empty Snuff Cans | 37 |
III | I Ain't Mad at Nobody | 57 |
IV | New Kittens | 74 |
V | Mister Cyclome | 82 |
VI | Boomchasers | 93 |
VII | Cain't No Gang Whip Us Now | 116 |
VIII | Fire Extinguishers | 133 |
IX | A Fast-Running Train Whistles Down | 142 |
X | The Junking Sack | 158 |
XI | Boy in Search of Something | 162 |
XII | Trouble Busting | 179 |
XIII | Off to California | 191 |
XIV | The House on the Hill | 231 |
XV | The Telegram That Never Came | 245 |
XVI | Stormy Night | 256 |
XVII | Extra Selects | 270 |
XVIII | Crossroads | 290 |
XIX | Train Bound for Glory | 309 |
Postscript | 320 |