Bound for Glory

WOODY GUTHRIE (1912-1967) was a legendary American folk singer-songwriter. His songs told the stories of the American people: their land, their labors, their trials and their joys. While many of his songs were born of his experience in the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression, "Honeyky Hanukah" was part of a little-known series of songs he wrote celebrating Jewish culture, inspired by his mother in law, Aliza Greenblatt, a well-known Yiddish poet who lived across the street from him during his years in Coney Island, New York.

“Even readers who never heard Woody or his songs will understand the current esteem in which he’s held after reading just a few pages… Always shockingly immediate and real, as if Woody were telling it out loud… A book to make novelists and sociologists jealous.”—The Nation"Deserves the attention of this generation... It is not only a fascinating autobiography, it is a voice from the grass roots of America... Woody speaks for the indomitable spirit of an independent man who set out to do his own thing."—Library Journal"Woody Guthrie was the greatest composer and singer of folk songs America has produced. In his autobiography, he tells how he grew up in Oklahoma, rode the rails, and found inspiration for his music through his own hard times during the Depression. As his songs attest, he's a good prose stylist, with an ear for the patterns of American speech."—The Washington Post

• Foreword: "So Long, Woody, It's Been Good to Know Ya" by Pete SeegerA Tribute to Woody Guthrie by Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior I. Soldiers in the DustII. Empty Snuff CansIII. I Ain't Mad at NobodyIV. New KittensV. Mister CycloneVI. BoomchasersVII. Cain't No Gang Whip Us NowVIII. Fire ExtinguishersIX. A Fast-Running Train Whistles DownX. The Junking SackXI. Boy in Search of SomethingXII. Trouble BustingXIII. Off to CaliforniaXIV. The House on the HillXV. The Telegram that Never CameXVI. Stormy NightXVII. Extra SelectsXVIII. CrossroadsXIX. Train Bound for GloryPostscript