Woody Guthrie
(see also American Radicalism, Great Depression, Pete Seeger, Peace & Justice Singers)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
The Road Back. Richard von Busack, Metro Santa Cruz (9/15/04). Native son revisits central Oklahoma for Woody Guthrie Festival, reflects on past, present & Woody.
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Woody Guthrie Foundation & Archives.
In the Library: Articles
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Cray, Ed. Ramblin' Man: The Life & Times of Woody Guthrie (NY: Norton, 2004).
Christensen, Bonnie. Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People (NY: Knopf, 2001).
Fiori, Umberto. Joe Hill, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan: storia della canzone popolare in USA (Milano: Mazzota, 1977).
Guthrie, Woody. Bound for Glory (NY: Doubleday, 1943).
__________. Born to Win (ed. Robert Shelton; NY: Collier, 1967). Essays, poems & letters.
__________. Woody Sez (NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1975).
__________. Seeds of Man: An Experience Lived & Dreamed (NY: Dutton, 1976).
__________. Pastures of Plenty: A Self-Portrait (ed. Dave Marsh & Harold Leventhal; NY: HarperCollins, 1990).
__________. This Land Is Your Land (Boston: Little, Brown, 1998).
Hampton, Wayne. Guerrilla Minstrels: John Lennon, Joe Hill, Woody Guthrie & Bob Dylan (Knoxville: U. of Tennessee, 1986).
Klein, Joe. Woody Guthrie: A Life [1980] (NY: Ballantine, 1986).
Longhi, Jim. Woody, Cisco & Me: Seamen Three in the Merchant Marine (Urbana: U. of Illinois, 1997). World War II experiences.
Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made for You & Me: The Life & Songs of Woody Guthrie (NY: Viking, 2002).
Robbin, Edward. Woody Guthrie & Me: An Intimate Reminiscence (Berkeley CA: Lancaster-Miller, 1979).
Santelli, Robert & Emily Davidson (eds.) Hard Travellin': The Life & Legacy of Woody Guthrie (Hanover NH: U. Press of New England, 1999).
Yates, Janelle. Woody Guthrie: American Balladeer (Staten Island NY: Ward Hill, 1995).
Yurchenco, Henrietta. A Mighty Hard Road: The Woody Guthrie Story (NY: McGraw-Hill, 1970).
In the Library: Fiction
In the Library: For Young Readers
Guthrie, Woody. Bling Blang (Cambridge MA: Candlewick, 2000).
__________. Howdi Do (Cambridge MA: Candlewick, 2000).
In the Library: Poetry
In the Library: Drama
In the Library: Photography
CD & Audio
Film & Video
"Bound for Glory" [1976], dir. Hal Ashby, 146m. In video stores. Based on Woody's autobiography.
"Rainbow Quest: With Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie" [1966], dir. Sholom Rubinstein, 52m.
"Roll On Columbia: Woody Guthrie & the Bonneville Power Administration" [2000], dir. Michael Majdic & Denise Matthews, 56m. Story of Woody's 1941 sojourn in Portland, writing songs for a documentary film about Columbia River dams. From U. of Oregon Knight Library Media Services.