Bound for Glory by Woody Guthrie - ISBN: 9780141187228
Paperback
Dust Bowl ballads, hard times, and the making of a legend.

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    24 June 2004

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Summary

The captivating autobiography by one of America’s most influential folk singers, Woody Guthrie

Bound for Glory is the funny, cynical, and earthy autobiography of Woody Guthrie, the father of American folk music. He tells of his childhood running wild in an Oklahoma oil-boom town, the tragedies that struck his family, and of his life on the open road during the Great Depression – hell-raising and brawling in boxcars, all the while singing for his next meal. But above all, this…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141187228
ISBN-10:0141187220
Author:Woody Guthrie, Joe Klein
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:24 June 2004
Weight:230g
Dimensions:197mm x 128mm x 19mm
Series:Penguin Modern Classics
About The Author

Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie, the son of a cowboy, was born in 1912 in rural Oklahoma. When the Depression arrived, Woody hit the road and travlled round America. He became a folksinger, guitarist, merchant seaman, actor, artist and broadcaster. Woody Guthrie died in 1967 in Queen’s, New York.

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