Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie

ISBN: 0393327361

Author: Ed Cray

Condition: New

Winner of the Oklahoma Book Award and the Deems Taylor ASCAP Award for Best Folk, Pop, or Jazz Biography"A beautiful jobIn exploring the nuances of Guthrie's work, Cray's exacting style is pitch-perfect." -Los Angeles Times Book ReviewA 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 stalked his family and of the mental illness that snared his mother. At forty-two, he was cruelly silenced by Huntingtons disease. Ed Cray, the first biographer to be granted access to the Woody Guthrie Archive, 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

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