MORE PEAOPLE SHOULD GO BACK TO WOODY FOR INSPIRATION
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At first,after the first chapter I put this book away as unreadable,but I went back to it due to Dylan's feelings towards the guy.What I found was a masterpiece,the first chapter is like when he wrote it,then he goes back.If you like Johnny Cash's autobiography or Dylan's first installment.then you will find this brilliant.
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An American gem
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This is a great book Woody Guthrie captures the heart of America & the south. A great read & a very gifted writer. Top marks & well worth the buy.
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This book still beats on against the current. Truly the best
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No matter whether you know of Guthrie and his musical legacy, whether you care that the young Bob Dylan read this book and it changed his life forever, or that you like American folk music at all. This autobiographical novel is one of the greatest American poems of all time, a Whitmanesque folk song that engulfs the glory of the human spirit embodied in Guthries journey from Okemah to New York. This book was made for you and me and it demands to be read. An epic of dustbowl, oilboom, freight train, cyclone, wanderings that takes Guthrie all the way to the big apple, haunted by the plethora of American dreams he's seen sprout flourish and die along the way, this book contains one of the most awe inspiring passages in all American literature. When Guthrie walks out the Rainbow Lounge in New York, unable to sell out on the show biz circuit, and wanders playing his guitar into the streets of New York, it'll bring just about anyone to tears of joy. A triumph of the human spirit, this book was made for you and me.
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The making of a Hero
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I grew up with the music of Woody, sung to me by my father as lullabies, party songs, and Sunday-afternoon entertainment. If you appreciate the strong honest emotion of the songs, you will love this book, in which Gutherie recounts his earliest years which influenced the politics, poetry and drawing to come. Essential reading for all Gutherie - and, of course, Dylan - lovers.
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jumpin' and kickin' and swearin' of the American Imagination
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Bound for Glory expresses the heart of a man, a life and a people. Told in true storteller fashion, one which twists and turns language into something alive and personal, Woodie Guthrie recounts his life, from Oklahoma to all around this great big old country. And by the books end, you feel you've rambled the whole way with him and seen what he had. This is an American classic on par with the Autobiography of Mark Twain. No American history book or teacher or what have you can give you a tenth of what this book can---i.e., the ethos of the American people who suffered many trials and tribulations, depravations and hardship, and yet managed to still be beautiful. So forget your Beatnicks and your New England Transcendentialists, and pick up a book worthy of being called an example of the American Bardic Tradition. You most certainly won't be an inch disappointed.
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