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Woody Guthrie

And the Dust Bowl Ballads
By Nick Hayes
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Woody Guthrie is a striking visual biography by Nick Hayes that celebrates the life and legacy of one of America’s most influential singer-songwriters. Emerging from the harsh realities of the 1930s Dustbowl and the Great Depression, Guthrie’s music became the voice of a displaced and struggling populace. The graphic narrative captures the spirit of his era and his enduring impact on generations of musicians and protest movements, portrayed with lyrical writing and evocative artwork.
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This graphic biography will appeal to readers interested in music history, American folk culture, social protest movements, and graphic novels with a strong historical and moral core.

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Forged in the Dustbowl of the 1930s, in an America crippled by the Great World Recession, this humble man found solace in song, and soon those songs became the voice of the People – men and women who had seen their lives deracinated and destroyed by the vicissitudes of global economic forces beyond their control.

A visual biography of Woody Guthrie - perhaps the greatest, most enduring singer-songwriter to ever live.

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A visual biography of Woody Guthrie - perhaps the greatest, most enduring singer-songwriter to ever live.

Forged in the Dustbowl of the 1930s, in an America crippled by the Great World Recession, this humble man found solace in song, and soon those songs became the voice of the People - men and women who had seen their lives deracinated and destroyed by the vicissitudes of global economic forces beyond their control.

Guthrie's influence lives on, a touchstone for Bob Dylan, The Clash and the protest singers of the Occupy movement today. With a delighted eye, and an ear for a tune, Nick Hayes's follow-up to the critically acclaimed Rime of the Modern Mariner brings a legend to life with a generous spirit and crackling moral force its subject would have been proud of.

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The book has been praised for its vivid and expansive portrayal of Guthrie's life and times. Design Week highlights its strong sense of time and place, while the Big Issue calls it "an inventive and expansive biography worthy of its subject." The Independent notes its lyrical writing and brush artwork, and the Guardian describes it as a passionate depiction of Guthrie and his era.

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ISBN: 9780224097314

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 September 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Jonathan Cape

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 29.0mm

Width: 218.0mm

Height: 217.0mm

Weight: 1002g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Nick Hayes is an award-winning writer, illustrator and land justice campaigner. In 2020 he co-founded Right to Roam, the influential campaign group advocating for public access to nature in England. He is the author of, among others, the Sunday Times best-seller The Book of Trespass and co-editor of Wild Service- Why Nature Needs You. An acclaimed artist, he has published four graphic novels and exhibited across the country, including at the Hayward Gallery. He lives on a canal boat with no fixed address.

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