Bound for Glory (book)
 First edition | |
| Author | Woody Guthrie |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | 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 published in 1943, it was republished with a foreword written by Studs Terkel following the 1976 film adaptation.[1][2] The book was completed with the patient editing assistance of Mazia and was first published by E.P. Dutton in 1943.[3] It is vividly told in the artist's down-home dialect, with the flair and imagery of a true storyteller. Library Journal complained about the "too careful reproduction of illiterate speech."[4] But Clifton Fadiman, reviewing the book in the New York Times, paid the author a fine tribute: "Someday people are going to wake up to the fact that Woody Guthrie and the ten thousand songs that leap and tumble off the strings of his music box are a national possession, like Yellowstone and Yosemite, and part of the best stuff this country has to show the world."[4] A film adaptation of Bound for Glory was released in 1976.[2]
See also
- The Boomtown Rats, Irish rock band, which took their name from Woody Guthrie's boyhood gang in the book.[5]
References
- ↑ "Bound For Glory, 1943 - Woody Guthrie". WoodyGuthrie.Org. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- 1 2 "Bound for Glory (1976)". IMDb page for 1976 film. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ↑ Amazon.com. Bound for Glory (Unknown Binding). Retrieved November 27, 2007.
- 1 2 LaBorie, Tim. Woody Guthrie biography. MusicianGuide.com. Retrieved on January 8, 2008.
- ↑ Boomtown Rats - Biography by William Ruhlmann at Allmusic.com