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With hit songs like This Land is Your Land, folksinger and composer Woody Guthrie touched the lives of countless people.Although his incredible talent and genius were not fully acknowledged during his lifetime, he never stopped writing the songs inspired by the beauty of America's landscapes and the lives of America's people.
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School Library Journal Review
Gr 4-6 This basic, straightforward biography fits nicely between Bonnie Christensen's picture book Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People (Knopf, 2001) and Elizabeth Partridge's This Land Was Made for You and Me (Viking, 2002), a lengthier, more sophisticated work. While covering the standard facts, Coombs has also included a few tidbits and anecdotes that are not found in Partridge's work. Troubling aspects of Guthrie's life, such as the many tragic family deaths he endured; his irresponsible behavior toward his first wife and their children; and his frightening, violent outbursts, which grew worse as his Huntington's disease progressed, are either discussed briefly and simply or excluded altogether. The text is accompanied by black-and-white captioned photographs, some familiar from other biographies and some unique to this volume. This is a solid addition to the growing body of resources documenting the life of the musician and the important events of 20th-century American history that shaped his colorful life and work. -Ginny Gustin, Sonoma County Library System, Santa Rosa, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Though he suffered great misfortunes in his life, Woody Guthrie contributed a wealth of music and writing to AmericaÆs folk-song tradition. Illustrated with black-and-white photos, this biography covers the events of GuthrieÆs life, although sometimes too cursorily. A better source is Elizabeth PartridgeÆs [cf2]This Land Was Made for You and Me[cf1]. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
| "This Land Is Your Land" | p. 7 |
| 1. "Oklahoma Hills" | p. 11 |
| 2. "I Ain't Got No Home" | p. 19 |
| 3. "Goin' Down the Road" | p. 25 |
| 4. "Dust Can't Kill Me" | p. 33 |
| 5. "Hard Travelin'" | p. 43 |
| 6. "Ramblin' Round" | p. 59 |
| 7. "All Work Together" | p. 73 |
| 8. "Over the Waves and Gone Again" | p. 83 |
| 9. "Why, Oh Why?" | p. 93 |
| 10. "So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh" | p. 105 |
| "Born to Win" | p. 113 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 116 |
| Other Resources | p. 116 |
| Source Notes | p. 118 |
| Index | p. 119 |
