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This one competes with Joe Klein's for the title of the "authoritative biography" on Guthrie. As they say, two is better than one.
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This is a rambling record of some of Guthrie's life in Oklahoma and beyond, brought to us in the voice of the poet himself.
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This is the first in-depth biography of Woody Guthrie to come out and surprisingly, it didn't until 1999.
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This book compiles all the golden archives of Guthrie into one book, including the famous 1940 Alan Lomax Library of Congress recordings.
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If you liked Grapes of Wrath, you'll love East of Eden. Steinbeck takes us deep into the promised land of California to tell a devastating moral tale about good and evil. Plus, we've got a learning guide for it.
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Steinbeck's classic book is like a companion volume to Dust Bowl Ballads, telling the very story that Guthrie warns about in "Do Re Mi." We've got a learning guide for this one, too.
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Worster's is one of many great historical accounts of Depression-era Oklahoma.