Seeds of Man: An Experience Lived and Dreamed
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Book Overview
Seeds of Man is based on Woody Guthrie's adventurous 1931 trip through Texas. Nineteen-year-old Woody, accompanied by family members, drives from Pampa in the Panhandle to the rugged Big Bend country in a wheezing Model-T Ford truck. They are searching for a silver mine that Uncle Jeff had discovered and then lost. This autobiographical novel, originally published in 1976-nearly ten years after Woody Guthrie's death-shows how his father's search for riches was a dead-end street. The characters dare and do, drink Papa's high-proof whiskey, eat out of cans, meet real characters, make love, and sing the lively songs composed by Woody along the way.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0803270534
ISBN13:9780803270534
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Length:401 Pages
Weight:1.22 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
A fine narrative that should be filmed
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Seeds of Man is a compelling read, a fine story in the searching-for-El Dorado mode. The novel demonstrates Guthrie's narrative powers. It would be worth reading just for the historical, social, and physical settings. When I first read it during the Seventies, I hoped that someone smart would turn it into an adventure-quest film. Someone should, to be sure. (Too bad Robert Preston would not be around to play Woody's dad or Richard Farnsworth to play the old man they meet out in the deep country.)
Good Read For Any Guthrie Fan!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 28 years ago
Woody, more than anyone, symbolizes what it takes to be an American in this folksy biography that followed his much acclaimed "Bound for Glory" in 1941. Definitely worth owning
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