Woody Guthrie

First published in 1943, this autobiography is also a superb portrait of America's Depression years, by the folk singer, activist, and man who saw it all.
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,...

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...

"Featuring never-before-published lyrics to some of his greatest songs, personal diary entries, doodles, quips and jokes, and piercing insights on politics and justice, this is Woody Guthrie's essential self-portrait, carefully curated by Woody's daughter Nora Guthrie and award-winning music writer and historian Robert Santelli"--

A family celebrates Hanukkah with latkes, hugs, kisses, and dancing.

The Dust Bowl is coming, but this resilient Texas farm couple won't let a little dirt and a lot of wind ruin their lives as they thrive in a flimsy shack. Farmers Tike and Ella May Hamlin aren't about to let the Dust Bowl take their lives. As the 1930s bring hardship after hardship, Tike takes to the streets with pamphlets showing people how to build houses that can withstand anything--even the Dust Bowl. Panorama de narrativas series, USA, 280pp....