Binding: Paperback
Description: Finished in 1947 and lost to readers until now House of Earth is legendary folk singer and American icon Woody Guthrie's only finished novel. A powerful portrait of Dust Bowl America it's the story of an ordinary couple's dreams of a better life and their search for love and meaning in a corrupt world. Tike and Ella May Hamlin are struggling to plant roots in the arid land of the Texas panhandle. The husband and wife live in a precarious wooden farm shack but Tike yearns for a sturdy house that will protect them from the treacherous elements. Thanks to a five - cent government pamphlet Tike has the know - how to build a simple adobe dwelling a structure made from the land itself fireproof windproof Dust Bowl - proof. A house of earth. A story of rural realism and progressive activism and in many ways a companion piece to Guthrie's folk anthem This Land Is Your Land House of Earth is a searing portrait of hardship and hope set against a ravaged landscape. Combining the moral urgency and narrative drive of John Steinbeck with the erotic frankness of D. H. Lawrence here is a powerful tale of America from one of our greatest artists. An essay by bestselling historian Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp introduce House of Earth the inaugural title in Depp's imprint at Harper Collins Infinitum Nihil.
Title: House Of Earth A Novel
Author(s): Guthrie Woody
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062248404
Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 10/22/2013