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Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie
Ramblin' Man The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie Author:Ed Cray "A beautiful job .In exploring the nuances of Guthrie's work, Cray's exacting style is pitch-perfect."Los Angeles Times Book Review — A patriot and a political radical, Woody Guthrie captured the spirit of his times in his enduring songs. He was marked by the FBI as a subversive. He lived in fear of the fatal fires that s... more »talked his family and of the mental illness that snared his mother. At forty-two, Woody Guthrie was cruelly silenced by Huntington's disease.
The first biographer to be granted access to the Woody Guthrie Archive, Ed Cray has created a haunting portrait of an American who profoundly influenced Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and American popular music itself. 8 pages of illustrations.« less