New Releases by Woody Guthrie

Lavishly illustrated with previously unseen photographs and illustrations, this book contains stories, essays, letters, diaries, songs and poems by Woodie Guthrie. Through his deeply personal writings, readers will learn of his ongoing campaign to raise world consciousness and of his involvement in the labor and political movements of the ''30s, ''40s and ''50s. Contains 100 illustrations.

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.

Collection of essays, prose poems, verse, journal notes, maxims, song lyrics and letters.

Collection of the author''s essays, prose poems, verse, reminiscences, maxims, song lyrics and letters.

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