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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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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Bound for Glory

Bound for Glory

Bound for Glory

Bound for Glory

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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.  


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780452264458
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 09/28/1983
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 61,104
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

Table of Contents

Foreword: "So Long, Woody, It's Been Good to Know Ya" by Pete Seeger

A Tribute to Woody Guthrie by Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior

I. Soldiers in the Dust
II. Empty Snuff Cans
III. I Ain't Mad at Nobody
IV. New Kittens
V. Mister Cyclone
VI. Boomchasers
VII. Cain't No Gang Whip Us Now
VIII. Fire Extinguishers
IX. A Fast-Running Train Whistles Down
X. The Junking Sack
XI. Boy in Search of Something
XII. Trouble Busting
XIII. Off to California
XIV. The House on the Hill
XV. The Telegram that Never Came
XVI. Stormy Night
XVII. Extra Selects
XVIII. Crossroads
XIX. Train Bound for Glory

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