Most Popular Books by 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, 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. “Even readers who never heard Woody or his songs will understand the current esteem in which he’s held after reading just a few pages… Always shockingly immediate and real, as if Woody were telling it out loud… A book to make novelists and sociologists jealous.” —The Nation

An illustrated version of the classic Woody Guthrie folk song, perfect for a family singalongs! Since its debut in the 1940s, Woody Guthrie''s "This Land Is Your Land" has become one of the best-loved and most timely folk songs in America, inspiring activism and patriotism for all. This classic ballad is now brought to life in a richly illustrated edition for the whole family to share. Kathy Jakobsen''s detailed paintings, which invite readers on a journey across the country, create an unforgettable portrait of our diverse land and the people who live it.

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.

(Richmond Music Folios). 2012 would have been the 100th birthday of American singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie. To mark his extraordinary achievements in songwriting, we are releasing this cetennial songbook. Woody Guthrie wrote over 3,000 songs in his lifetime, yet only 300 or so were ever recorded. At the invitation of Guthrie''s daughter, Nora Guthrie, contemporary singer/songwriters have set music to Guthrie''s previously unpublished lyrics. Musicians such as Billy Bragg, Wilco, Dropkick Murphys, Jonatha Brooke, Jay Farrar, Tom Morello, Lou Reed, The Klezmatics, Hans-Eckardt Wenzel, Madeleine Peyroux, Janis Ian, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, and Woody''s son, Arlo Guthrie, have shown us how timeless Woody''s words are. Every 100 Years is a compilation of 100 Woody Guthrie songs that run the gamut from work songs, love songs and union & protest songs, to topical songs and children''s songs. The book features his classics such as: This Land Is Your Land * Jesus Christ * Do Re Mi * Pretty Boy Floyd * Roll On Columbia * Pastures of Plenty * Deportee * Riding in My Car * and more, as well as hits from the next generation of Guthrie co-authors: California Stars * I''m Shippin'' Up to Boston * The Jolly Banker * Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key * Hoodoo Voodoo * Ease My Revolutionary Mind * Ingrid Bergman * My Peace * Mermaid''s Avenue * Happy Joyous Hanukkah * Every 100 Years * and many others. Includes a preface from Howie Richmond, founder of The Richmond Organization Guthrie''s publisher.

I loved this book! Rev. Edington writes with such great ease and holds your attention. I am not a bookworm and don''t usually get tied down with a book; but it was hard for me to put down Bring Your Own God as I read about my brother Woody Guthrie''s religion and his spiritual life. I read it through in one sitting. Bravo! Mary Jo Guthrie Edgmon. Shawnee, Oklahoma. Sister of Woody Guthrie. Bring Your Own God—The Spirituality of Woody Guthrie welcomes us to join Woody as he travels that ribbon of highway on his life''s journey. Like Edington''s classic The Beat Face of God, which details the spirituality of Jack Kerouac and other Beat Generation writers, this book opens up doors into the heart and soul of an extraordinary man who remains a voice for all people. Bring Your Own God provides us with a fresh look and deeper understanding of the enduring legacy of one of the twentieth century''s iconic artists. David Amram. Mr. Amram is an acclaimed and multitalented musician, composer, and author. His many compositions include Symphonic Variations on a Song by Woody Guthrie. Woody Guthrie was and remains a creative writer against greed and against those who infl ict poverty and hardships on others. He has been and is an inspirational hero to those who fi ght poverty and pain. Through the years, Woody has been accused of many unpatriotic activities, and numerous writings have been levied against him. He has been the subject of books and articles both negative and positive about his life and about his creativity. However, until Rev. Stephen Edington became interested, very little has been written about his spiritual beliefs. This book shows why Woody was a man of love, compassion, and creativity in spite of sadness, hardships, tragedy, and other emotional blockages. Guy Logsdon. Mr. Logsdon is a noted Woody Guthrie Scholar from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Offers a portrait of the influential American musician and his involvement in labor and political movements from the 1930s to the 1950s

Woody Guthrie is acknowledged and lauded the world over for inspiring the likes of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Joe Strummer. Originally from Oklahoma, he was a real musician playing music for the everyman, but if it wasn''t for New York City he might not have given us his masterpiece ''This Land Is Your Land'' among others. For the first time the city that Woody called home is brought to life in historical photographs, documents and previously unpublished lyrics. Like a scrapbook, it gathers all that helped make him the legend we celebrate today and the city in which it happened.

Latkes and goody things all over town, It’s Honeyky Hanukah time. In Woody Guthrie’s rowdy, funny celebration of a Hanukah night, a young boy and his dog move merrily from house to house, gathering up family and friends for a big feast at Bubbe’s.

Click clack, open up the door, girls; Click clack, open up the door, boys; Front door, back door, clickety clack, Take you riding in my car. Inspired by his love of Woody Guthrie''s Riding In My Car, award winning illustrator Scott Menchin invites readers on an exciting cross-country road trip with a family of dogs! This interactive novelty format features pull-tabs, pop-ups, and lift-the-flaps on every page, and makes kids feel like they''re really coming along for the ride, visiting some of America''s most notable landmarks including the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, the Grand Canyon and more! Hidden beneath each flap are fun American facts for the child readers and interesting biographical details about Woody Guthrie for adults. The entire song will be hosted on www.ridinginmycarbook.com so readers can read and sing along!

In the early 1930''s Woody Guthrie and his father drove to the Big Bend country of the Rio Grande. There they hoped to find a rich vein of silver and gold ore discovered years earlier by Woody''s grandfather. Lusty, poetic, funny, and partly true, this story of the search for the silver mine portrays Woody himself, the world he came from, and the rugged grandeur and mystery of the border country. It tells the story of his youthful, foolish, headlong embrace of many of the life forces that he celebrates in his songs.

In this collaboration between folk-singer Woody Guthrie and artist Vladimir Radunsky, the art of writing songs is related to the physical process of building a house. The volume is written and illustrated in a way that makes it valuable for use with groups of children.

A little girl wraps herself up in a package.

« Grâce au don de Woody Guthrie pour retranscrire les dialectes et les passions humaines, La Maison de terre est une histoire poétique sur le combat contre l’adversité, aujourd’hui encore d’une brûlante actualité. »_x000D_ The Independent_x000D_

(Richmond Music Folios). 20 songs from this popular folk singer/songwriter are featured in ukulele arrangements so you can strum and sing along. Includes: Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) * Greenback Dollar * Howdi Do * I Ain''t Got No Home * Little Seed * Mail Myself to You * Pretty Boy Floyd * Riding in My Car * So Long It''s Been Good to Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dust) * This Land Is Your Land * Union Maid * Way over Yonder in the Minor Key * and more.

Una casa de tierra, la única novela de Woody Guthrie, concluida en 1947 e inédita hasta el momento, es un crudo retrato del «Dust Bowl» norteamericano que, con sus tormentas de arena y su pertinaz sequía, agravó los devastadores efectos de la Gran Depresión de los años treinta. Con el lirismo y la autenticidad de las canciones del genial trovador folk, narra la historia de Tike y Ella May Hamlin, atrapados en unas condiciones económicas muy penosas, incapaces de pagar sus facturas o de ganar poco más que un dinero de subsistencia. Marido y esposa viven en una precaria chabola de madera en las áridas tierras de una granja de Texas y, como tantas otras parejas, sueñan con una vida mejor y buscan el amor y el sentido en un mundo corrupto. Tike anhela sobre todo una casa sólida que los proteja de los traicioneros elementos y, gracias a un folleto publicado por el Departamento de Agricultura del gobierno, aprende cómo construir una sencilla vivienda de adobe, edificada con sus propias manos y a prueba de fuego, de viento y de sequía. Una casa de tierra. Sin embargo, los campos en los que Tike y Ella May viven y trabajan no son suyos y debido a fuerzas que escapan por completo a su control, como los conglomerados de rancheros y los bancos, esa casa de adobe quedará dolorosamente lejos de su alcance. Una casa de tierra, con su realismo rural y su activismo progresista, constituye en buena medida una pieza pareja a «This Land Is Your Land», el himno folk compuesto por Woody Guthrie. Es también una conmovedora evocación de Estados Unidos por uno de sus grandes artistas, un relato sobre la adversidad y la esperanza con el trasfondo de un paisaje natural y social devastado, en el que se aúnan la urgencia moral de John Steinbeck y la franqueza erótica de D. H. Lawrence.

Quello che Bob Dylan sognava, Woody Guthrie l’ha vissuto. Viaggi nei vagoni merci, sui tetti dei treni, accampamenti nella polvere. Coltelli che volano, sbornie e schitarrate intorno ai falò. La solidarietà tra gli esclusi, la libertà che assapora chi non ha niente. Generoso fino all’incoscienza, Guthrie ha nutrito con la sua vita la storia della musica, felice di immaginare che altri – da Seeger a Dylan, a Springsteen – ne avrebbero tratto profonda ispirazione. In questo romanzo mitico, che vibra di ritmo e autentica avventura, Guthrie è testimone di un’America diversa, l’America anticapitalista degli anni Trenta. Sulla sua chitarra aveva scritto a grandi lettere: “This machine kills fascists”. L’FBI aveva aperto un fascicolo su di lui; la sua visione comunitaria del mondo non piaceva a tutti. Ma questa terra è anche la nostra terra, quella che vorremmo e che amiamo, terra di resistenza, pace e accoglienza, e con questo libro Woody Guthrie ci invita a non dimenticarlo mai.

An inspiration to the likes of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie was one of the most celebrated folksinger/songwriters of the 20th century. This book presents a lively version of one of his songs for children.

Mounted manuscripts of music, typescripts of lyrics, and illustrations for 18 songs by Woody Guthrie and 2 songs by Marjorie Mazia Guthrie.