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House of Earth

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Finished in 1947, House of Earth is Woody Guthrie's only fully realized novel?a powerful portrait of Dust Bowl America, filled with the homespun lyricism and authenticity that have made his songs a part of our national consciousness.Tike and Ella May Hamlin struggle 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.Though they are one with the farm and with each other, the land on which Tike and Ella May live and work is not theirs. Due to larger forces beyond their control?including ranching conglomerates and banks?their adobe house remains painfully out of reach.A story of rural realism, 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.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780062248404
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 288
  • Utgitt:
  • 15 januar 2020
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 133x17x203 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 366 g.
Leveringstid: Ukjent

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Finished in 1947, House of Earth is Woody Guthrie's only fully realized novel?a powerful portrait of Dust Bowl America, filled with the homespun lyricism and authenticity that have made his songs a part of our national consciousness.Tike and Ella May Hamlin struggle 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.Though they are one with the farm and with each other, the land on which Tike and Ella May live and work is not theirs. Due to larger forces beyond their control?including ranching conglomerates and banks?their adobe house remains painfully out of reach.A story of rural realism, 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.

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