Woody Guthrie
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2012 would have been the 100th birthday of American singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie. To mark his extraordinary achievements in songwriting, we are releasing this centennial 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invitation of Guthrie's daughter, Nora Guthrie, contemporary singer/songwriters have set music to Guthrie's previously unpublished lyrics.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,...
2) Bound for Glory: The Hard-Driving, Truth-Telling Autobiography of America's Great Poet-Folk Singer
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Legendary folk singer and activist, Woody Guthrie and his songs changed the world. Born in an Oklahoma oil-boom town, Guthrie traveled America by boxcar, thumb, and foot. Along the journey, he composed and sang songs that have become a national heritage. His songs, however, are but part of his legacy. This remarkable autobiography brings to life both his vibrant personality and a vision of America we cannot afford to let die. Funny, cynical, and earthy,...
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Series
Asch recordings volume 2
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways
Pub. Date
p1997
Physical Desc
1 CD : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36)p.
Author
Series
Asch recordings volume 4
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways
Pub. Date
p1999
Physical Desc
1 CD (74 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (36 p.).
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Publisher
Infinitum Nihil/Harper
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xliv, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
"Tike and Ella May Hamlin struggle 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. Though they are...
10) Some folk
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Publisher
Proper Records
Pub. Date
p2006
Physical Desc
4 CDs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Booklet
Author
Series
Asch recordings volume 1
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways
Pub. Date
p1997
Physical Desc
1 CD (72 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet.
12) Honeyky Hanukah
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Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations + 1 CD
Description
A family celebrates Hanukkah with latkes, hugs, kisses, and dancing.
14) Bound for glory
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1936 Woody Guthrie leaves Texas and heads to California looking for work. He meets hobos, migrant workers and people down on their luck, and begins his career as a folk singer.