| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxiii, 488 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-464), discography (p. 465), and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Feathers from a pillow -- The Guthries of Okemah -- Jig dance in a minor key -- The oil patch -- Starting the panther -- Black blizzard -- On the Jericho Road -- West of the west -- Old familiar songs -- Guthrie's people -- The workhunters -- Radical with a twang -- Talking socialism -- Some kind of electricity -- Sleeping under money -- The leakingest roof -- Erratic stew -- A desperate little man -- Marjorie -- Breaking new land -- Seamen three -- Shackled -- The running man -- Worried man blues -- The noise of roaches -- The compass-pointer man -- Anneke Anni -- Adversity Guthrie -- I ain't dead yet -- Woody's children. |
| Summary |
The life and career of the most recognized and beloved folk musician of the twentieth century are recalled here, with details of his hobo days as well as his marriage, his "subversive" activities, and his eventual death by Huntingdon's Disease. |
| Awards |
Oklahoma Book Award for non-fiction, 2005 |
| Subject |
Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967.
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Folk singers -- United States -- Biography.
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Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967 (OCoLC)fst00043317
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Folk singers. (OCoLC)fst01198495
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0393047598 (hardcover) |
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9780393047592 (hardcover) |
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9780393327366 (paperback) |
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0393327361 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
9780393327361 |
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