Bound for Glory (book)
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| Bound for Glory | |
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 1st edition |
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| Author(s) | Woody Guthrie |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Autobiography, Folk music |
| Publisher | E.P. Dutton |
| Publication date | 1943 |
Bound for Glory is the partially fictionalized autobiography of folk singer and songwriter Woody Guthrie. The book describes Guthrie's childhood, his travels across the United States as a hobo on the railroad, and towards the end his beginning to get recognition as a singer. Some of the experiences of fruit picking and a hobo camp are similar to those described in The Grapes of Wrath.
Originally released in 1943, it was re-released with a foreword written by Studs Terkel following the 1976 film adaptation.[1][2]
The Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats took their name from a gang in the book.[3]
[edit] See also
- Lisa Gale Garrigues, co-translator of the first Spanish edition
[edit] References
- ^ Book at woodyguthrie.org
- ^ IMDB page for the 1976 film
- ^ Boomtown Rats - Biography by William Ruhlmann at Allmusic.com
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