This Land That I Love: Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and the Story of Two American Anthems

by John Shaw

Book Overview

February, 1940: After a decade of worldwide depression, World War II had begun in Europe and Asia. With Germany on the march, and Japan at war with China, the global crisis was in a crescendo. America's top songwriter, Irving Berlin, had captured the nation's mood a little more than a year before with his patriotic hymn, "God Bless America."

Woody Guthrie was having none of it. Near-starving and penniless, he was traveling from Texas...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161039223X
• ISBN13: 9781610392235
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.5"