Awards
- Commended for National Book Awards (Young People's Lit.) 2002
- Winner of Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2002
- Winner of Children's Books of Distinction Awards (Nonfiction) 2003
- Winner of Golden Kite (Nonfiction) 2002
Overview
Before Springsteen and before Dylan, there was Woody Guthrie. With ""This Machine Kills Fascists,"" scrawled across his guitar in big black letters, Woody Guthrie brilliantly captured in song the experience of twentieth-century America. Whether he sang about union organizers, migrant workers, or war, Woody took his inspiration from the plight of the people around him as well as from his own tragic childhood. From the late 1920s to the 1950s, Guthrie wrote the words to more than three thousand songs, including ""This Land Is Your Land,"" a song many call America's unofficial national anthem. With a remarkable ability to turn any experience into a song almost instantaneously, Woody Guthrie spoke out for people of all colors and races, setting an example for generations of musicians to come. But Woody didn't have the chance to find everything he was looking for. He was ravaged by Huntington's disease, just like his mother, and died in a mental institution at the age of fifty-five. Award-winning author, Elizabeth Partridge has taken the life of this songwriting genius and woven in his lyrics, and other rich materials to create a touching and highly entertaining portrait of a true talent.
Full Product Details
Author: Elizabeth Patridge
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint: Viking Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 22.40cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.953kg
ISBN: 9780670035359
ISBN 10: 0670035351
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 April 2002
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Book
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
This outstanding biography belongs in every library collection. [A] fitting tribute to an American legend.... Young readers will be inspired. [A] full picture of a man who defined both the pain and the pleasures of so many Americans. This accurate and honest portrait of Woody Guthrie does not soften his edges, but it shows in engrossing details the constant, unstoppable tide of creation that carried him through life.
[A] fitting tribute to an American legend.... Young readers will be inspired. This accurate and honest portrait of Woody Guthrie does not soften his edges, but it shows in engrossing details the constant, unstoppable tide of creation that carried him through life. This outstanding biography belongs in every library collection. [A] full picture of a man who defined both the pain and the pleasures of so many Americans.
[A] fitting tribute to an American legend.... Young readers will be inspired. This outstanding biography belongs in every library collection. [A] full picture of a man who defined both the pain and the pleasures of so many Americans. This accurate and honest portrait of Woody Guthrie does not soften his edges, but it shows in engrossing details the constant, unstoppable tide of creation that carried him through life.
This accurate and honest portrait of Woody Guthrie does not soften his edges, but it shows in engrossing details the constant, unstoppable tide of creation that carried him through life.
Author Information
Elizabeth Partridge (www.elizabethpartridge.com) is a National Book Award finalist and author of several nonfiction books for children, including Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange; Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary; and the Printz Honor-winning John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
