Bound for Glory—Indeed!
2005; Monthly Review Foundation; Volume: 56; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês
10.14452/mr-056-10-2005-03_6
ISSN0027-0520
Autores Tópico(s)American and British Literature Analysis
ResumoEd Cray, Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie (New York: W. W. Norton, 2004), 488 pages, cloth $29.95.Ed Cray's new biography of Woody Guthrie marks another step in a growing interest in the left-wing Okie troubadour. In 1997, historian Charles J. Shindo published Dust Bowl Migrants in the American Imagination, which includes analysis of Woody Guthrie's work along with that of John Ford and John Steinbeck. Joe Klein's enthusiastic biography of Guthrie, first published in 1980, was reissued in 1999, the year after Ed Cray began the new biography. Elizabeth Partridge's book for young readers, This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie was published in 2002This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.
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