Most Popular Books by Woody Guthrie

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.

Featuring the song, "House of Earth" performed by Lucinda Williams. Finished in 1947 and lost to readers until now, House of Earth is Woody Guthrie''s only fully realized novel, a powerful portrait of dust bowl America. It is 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 struggle to plant roots in the arid land of the Texas Panhandle. Living in a wooden shack, Tike yearns for a sturdy house that will protect them from the treacherous elements. He has the know-how to build a structure made from the land itself—a house of earth. Though they are one with the farm and with each other, the land on which Tike and Ella May live and work is not theirs. Thanks to larger forces, their adobe house remains painfully out of reach. House of Earth is a searing portrait of hardship and hope set against a ravaged landscape, a powerful tale of America from one of our greatest artists.

The words of Woody Guthrie''s song describe how a dolly sings, dances, eats, drinks, and sleeps.

An illustrated version of the song that answers the question "Where do little babies really come from?"

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

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

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