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Woody Guthrie: America's Folksinger

Karen Mueller Coombs (Goodreads Author)

3.60 · Rating details · 5 ratings · 1 review

These insightful biographies highlight men and women who have struggled to overcome adversity to accomplish their goals. Along the way, these inspiring people have blazed a trail through history. With hit songs like This Land is Your Land, folksinger and composer Woody Guthrie touched the lives of countless people. Although his incredible talent and genius were not fully ...more

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Hardcover, 112 pages

Published March 1st 2002 by Carolrhoda Books (first published February 8th 2002)

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Feb 27, 2012 Ms. Yingling rated it liked it

This nicely illustrated and formatted book unflinchingly discusses the difficulties in Guthrie's early life in a way that students can understand. His mother, suffering also from Huntington's, had erratic behavior that resulted in more house fires than any one family should have. Guthrie's path to a career in music is discussed, and the other singers and historical figures with whom he came in contact are also described. His marital difficulties and multiple children are mentioned without ...more

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Karen Mueller Coombs

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I am a former elementary school teacher with published books for children and young adults. I write nonfiction, biography, humorous, contemporary, and historical fiction for elementary and middle grade readers, and historical and contemporary young adult fiction.
You can read more about me at http://www.karencoombs.com or follow my blog about my book Bully at Ambush Corner at ...more