Seeds of Man: An Experience Lived and Dreamed

Woody Guthrie

Dutton, 1976 - Folk singers - 401 pages

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Mostly written in 1947-1948, with additional material written in 1953. A partly fictionalized account of a road trip Woody took in the 1930s at the age of 19, along with his father, uncle, and brother.

Seeds of man: an experience lived and dreamed

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Written in the 1940s and published posthumously in the 1970s, Guthrie's memoir recounts a gold-prospecting trip taken during his youth. LJ's reviewer praised Guthrie's effort as "full of compassion ...

Contents

• Editorial Note: 7
• Drip Gas: 11
• Detour 27: 27

About the author

Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) wrote more than a thousand folk songs, including many for children. Woody loved babies and he loved trains. His rail journeys across the country inspired some of his most famous songs, including "This Train is Bound for Glory" and "This Land is Your Land." His song "New Baby Train" was recently recorded for the first time by Kim Wilson on the CD, Daddy O Daddy.
Marla Frazee has created many acclaimed picture books, including the lullaby Hush, Little Baby, a Folk Song with Pictures. As a longtime fan of Woody Guthrie and American roots music, Frazee approached this project with a desire to capture Woody's spirit, playfulness, and era. She visited train museums, studied photographs of the Dust Bowl, and listened to a lot of Woody's music while working on this book. She works in a small cabin in the backyard of the house she shares with her husband and three sons in Pasadena, California.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Seeds of Man: An Experience Lived and Dreamed; A Kangaroo Book
• Author: Woody Guthrie
• Publisher: Dutton, 1976
• Original from: Indiana University
• Digitized: Jul 21, 2009
• ISBN: 0525199365, 9780525199366
• Length: 401 pages