Seeds of Man: An Experience Lived and Dreamed

by Woody Guthrie

Book Overview

Seeds of Man is based on Woody Guthrie's adventurous 1931 trip through Texas. Nineteen-year-old Woody, accompanied by family members, drives from Pampa in the Panhandle to the rugged Big Bend country... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803270534
• ISBN13: 9780803270534
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 401 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A fine narrative that should be filmed

Seeds of Man is a compelling read, a fine story in the searching-for-El Dorado mode. The novel demonstrates Guthrie's narrative powers. It would be worth reading just for the historical, social, and physical settings. When I first read it during the Seventies, I hoped that someone smart would turn it into an adventure-quest film. Someone should, to be sure. (Too bad Robert Preston would not be around to play Woody's dad or Richard Farnsworth to play the old man they meet out in the deep country.)

Good Read For Any Guthrie Fan!

Woody, more than anyone, symbolizes what it takes to be an American in this folksy biography that followed his much acclaimed "Bound for Glory" in 1941. Definitely worth owning