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Selected Bibliography

The following sources were particularly helpful in preparing the online presentation of the Woody Guthrie Manuscript Collection. Archival materials relating to Woody Guthrie at the Library of Congress are listed in the Finding Aid. Other articles, books, and unpublished dissertations pertaining to Woody Guthrie may be available to researchers at the Library of Congress, but fall outside the scope of this online presentation.

Asch, Moses, ed. American Folksong: Woody Guthrie. New York: Disc Company of America, 1947. Reprint, New York: Oak Publications, 1961.

Denisoff, R. Serge. Great Day Coming: Folk Music and the American Left. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1971.

Greenway, John. American Folksongs of Protest. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1953.

Guthrie, Woody. Born to Win. Edited by Robert Shelton. New York: Macmillan, 1965.

________. Bound for Glory. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. Reprint, New York: New American Library, 1983.

________. Pastures of Plenty: A Self-Portrait . Edited by Dave Marsh and Harold Leventhal. New York: HarperCollins, 1990.

________. Seeds of Man: An Experience Lived and Dreamed. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1976. Reprint, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995.

________. Woody Sez. Compiled and edited by Marjorie Guthrie. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1975.

Klein, Joe. Woody Guthrie: A Life. 1980. Reprint, New York: Dell, 1999.

Lawless, Ray M. Folksingers and Folksongs in America: A Handbook of Biography, Bibliography, and Discography. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1960. Revised ed., Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1981.

Leventhal, Harold, and Marjorie Guthrie, eds. The Woody Guthrie Songbook. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1976.

Logsdon, Guy. "Woody Guthrie: A Biblio-Discography." In Hard Travelin': The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie, edited by Robert Santelli and Emily Davidson, 181-243. Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England for Wesleyan University Press, 1999.

Lomax, Alan, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger. Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People. New York: Oak Publications,1967. Reprint, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999.

Longhi, Jim. Woody, Cisco, and Me: Seamen Three in the Merchant Marine. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997.

Reuss, Richard A. A Woody Guthrie Bibliography: 1912-1967. New York: Guthrie Children's Trust Fund, 1968.

________, and JoAnne C. Reuss. American Folk Music and Left-Wing Politics, 1927-1957. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2000.

Robbin, Ed. Woody Guthrie and Me: An Intimate Reminiscence. Berkeley, Calif.: Lancaster-Miller Publishers, 1979.

Santelli, Robert, and Emily Davidson. Hard Travelin': The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie. Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England for Wesleyan University Press, 1999.

Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives. New York: Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives, 2000. http://www.woodyguthrie.org, accessed September 25, 2001.

Yates, Janelle. Woody Guthrie: American Balladeer. Unsung Heroes series. Staten Island, N.Y.: Ward Hill Press, 1995.

Yurchenco, Henrietta, assisted by Marjorie Guthrie. A Mighty Hard Road: The Woody Guthrie Story. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970.


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