Ramblin' Man by Ed Cray
Cray is the first biographer to be granted access to the Woody Guthrie Archive, and he has interviewed over 70 of the people who knew Woody best. On this basis he creates a haunting portrait of an American original who profoundly influenced Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and American popular music itself.
"A welcome and important work" -- Robert Santelli - Rolling Stone
"Something about Woody Guthrie seems to attract interesting, unexpected biographers…But all these surprising Guthrie chroniclers have nothing on Ed Cray." -- David Kipen - San Francisco Chronicle
"Offers a much-needed corrective to the romanticized, too-familiar Guthrie." -- Eddie Dean - Bookforum
"The wonderful thing about Ed Cray’s Ramblin’ Man is that it puts aside the legend and the myth and gives us the man, without tearing him apart in the process." -- The Globe and Mail
"This biography resonates." -- Carlo Wolff - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"It’s an amazing story, never less than well-told here, on occasion considerably more." -- St. Louis Post-Gazette
"Something about Woody Guthrie seems to attract interesting, unexpected biographers…But all these surprising Guthrie chroniclers have nothing on Ed Cray." -- David Kipen - San Francisco Chronicle
"Offers a much-needed corrective to the romanticized, too-familiar Guthrie." -- Eddie Dean - Bookforum
"The wonderful thing about Ed Cray’s Ramblin’ Man is that it puts aside the legend and the myth and gives us the man, without tearing him apart in the process." -- The Globe and Mail
"This biography resonates." -- Carlo Wolff - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"It’s an amazing story, never less than well-told here, on occasion considerably more." -- St. Louis Post-Gazette
Ed Cray (1933—2019), "a meticulous craftsman of American biography" (Douglas Brinkley), was a professor at the University of Southern California. Born in 1912, Studs Terkel is the bestselling author of twelve books of oral history, including Working, Hard Times, and the Pulitzer Prize–winning “The Good War” (all available from The New Press). He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a Presidential National Humanities Medal and the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393327366 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393327361 |
| Title | Ramblin' Man |
| Author | Ed Cray |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2006-03-28 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
| Prizes | Winner of Oklahoma Book Award 2005, Winner of ASCAP Deems Taylor Award 2005 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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