Book DescriptionTo recall the Depression era is to hear Woody's songs: he was the greatest folk musician of the twentieth century Born in Oklahoma, Woody Guthrie became a figure larger than life, a folk singer who captured the spirit of his times inhis enduring songs: "This Land Is Your Land," "So Long, It's Been Good to Know You," "Going Down огцрщ This Road Feeling Bad," and so many more Although he was always proud to be called an "Okie," his life was on the road; he was a patriot and a politicalradical, but he was marked by the FBI as a subversive He lived in fear of the deadly fires that stalked his family, and of the mental illness that snared his mother At the age of forty-two, Woody was cruelly silenced by Huntingdon's Disease Ed Cray is the first biographer to be granted access to the Woody Guthrie Archive, and he has interviewed over seventy of the people who knew Woody best On this basis he creates a haunting portrait of an American original who profoundly influenced Pete Seeger,Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and American popular music itself 16 pages of photographs.  Содержание2004 г 384 стр ISBN 0393047598.