Bound For Glory
First published in 1943, this autobiography is also a superb portrait of America's Depression years, by the folk singer, activist, and man who saw it all.\ One of Guthrie's first published writings, it is an important artifact of musical and political history, and a precedent for Guthrie's long lost novel, House of Earth, to be published in 2013 and edited by Johnny Depp and Douglas Brinkley.
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Woody Guthrie was born in Oklahoma and traveled this whole country over -not by jet or motorcycle, but by boxcar, thumb, and foot. During the journey of discovery that was his life, he composed and sang words and music that have become a national heritage. His songs, however, are but part of his legacy. Behind him Woody Guthrie left a remarkable autobiography that vividly brings to life both his vibrant personality and a vision of America we cannot afford to let die. Horace Reynolds But there's no mistaking Woody's talent fro expression, his ability to sling the American language. his book is an eloquent piece, wild as a train whistle in the mountains, a scrumptious picture of fighting, carousing, singing, laughing migratory America.-- Books of the Century; New York Times review, March 1943
Foreword: "So Long, Woody, It's Been Good To Know Ya"viiA Tribute to Woody GuthriexiISoldiers in the Dust19IIEmpty Snuff Cans37IIII Ain't Mad at Nobody57IVNew Kittens74VMister Cyclome82VIBoomchasers93VIICain't No Gang Whip Us Now116VIIIFire Extinguishers133IXA Fast-Running Train Whistles Down142XThe Junking Sack158XIBoy in Search of Something162XIITrouble Busting179XIIIOff to California191XIVThe House on the Hill231XVThe Telegram That Never Came245XVIStormy Night256XVIIExtra Selects270XVIIICrossroads290XIXTrain Bound for Glory309Postscript320
\ Horace ReynoldsBut there's no mistaking Woody's talent fro expression, his ability to sling the American language. his book is an eloquent piece, wild as a train whistle in the mountains, a scrumptious picture of fighting, carousing, singing, laughing migratory America.-- Books of the Century; New York Times review, March 1943\ \
