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House of Earth : a novel
Title:
House of Earth : a novel
ISBN:
9780062276063
Edition:
Unabridged.
Publication Information:
New York : HarperAudio 2013.
Physical Description:
6 sound discs (420 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Compact discs.
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Summary:
Finished in 1947, House of Earth is Woody Guthrie's long-lost and only fully realized novel--a powerful portrait of Dust Bowl of America, filled with the homespun lyricism and authenticity that have made his songs a part of our national consciousness. It is the story of an ordinary couple's dreams of a better life and their search for love and meaning in a corrupt world. "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 one with the farm and with each other, the land on which Tike and Ella May live and work is not theirs. Due to larger forces beyond their control-including ranching conglomerates and banks-their adobe house remains painfully out of reach."--Dust jacket.
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