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As much a road novel as it is an autobiography, this translation of Bound for Glory recounts Woody Guthrie's life in an Oklahoma oil-boom town, the Depression that followed, and his subsequent journey around the United States by foot, on train, and by hitching rides. The anecdotes he tells are alternately funny, cynical, and tragic, and describe his encounters with, and travels in, the company of beggars, vagabonds, and migrant workers--encounters that would inform his songwriting and ultimately influence musicians such as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, and Tom Paxton. Tanto una novela de la carretera como una autobiografia, Rumbo a la gloria narra la vida de Woody Guthrie en un pueblo petrolero de Oklahoma, la Depresion que siguio y su viaje subsiguiente a traves de los Estados Unidos a pie, en tren y a dedo. Las anecdotas que cuenta alternan entre humoristicas, cinicas y tragicas, y describen sus encuentros con pordioseros, vagabundos y emigrantes--encuentros que influirian su musica y que terminarian influyendo artistas como Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs y Tom Paxton.

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Woody Guthrie was an American singer-songwriter and folk musician who composed hundreds of political, traditional, and children's songs as well as ballads and improvised works. Pete Seeger is an American singer-songwriter. He has written songs that have been performed by musicians such as Marlene Dietrich; Peter, Paul, and Mary; and The Byrds.

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