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thank you so much. it s great to be with you. it s wonderful to come into a city where there s rain. [laughter] i live in my wife suzanne, who is with me and you ll meet later, we have lived for some years in tulsa, oklahoma where there s plenty of water and wood. it s a very green place, but like the rest of this nation, it s been stricken, and temperatures and triple digits for many, many days, and that s the way it s been for us most of the summer because we re now in the last leg of this national book tour, and we ve been all over the country. deep in the eastern united states on the other side of the mississippi where i sometimes go, and all over the southwest and the west where i prefer to be, being a missourian, innative of missouri, i always looked west, down the santa fe trail, the native trails, the route 66, the beloved road, so this is the part of the country i do like the best, and when i declared my major, if you will, as a writer, it was about the american
tonight is a very special event for us. our guest are not only be talking about his new book, woodie guthrie: american radical. he will be giving you an audiovisual presentation that will show the life and sons of his subject and has performing some of the songs in the guthrie canon. most of us know of woodie guthrie s an american unofficial s ancorrect me, this land is your land and many know the depth of his social justice. our book takes a fresh look at the iconic guthrie and the context in which he struggled both personally and on a wide letter stage. tonight s author is a professor of american literature and culture at the university of central lancaster in england. he is the author of the previous book american s culture in the 1970s. and he is, as you will soon find out, also a professional folk singer and musician. it s my pleasure to introduce to you the author of gu: american radical, will kaufman. it s muddy hard row that my poor hands have hold m
and also performing some of these songs in the guthrie cannon. most of us know of america s unofficial anthem this land is your land. a few meno the roots of guthrie s activism and his commitment to justice. this is the first look at the iconic guthrie and the context in which he struggled both personally and on a wider political stage. tonight s authors professor of american literature and culture at the university of central lancashire in england. he is the author of the previously published book american culture in the 1970s and he is as you will find out also a professional folk singer and musician. is my pleasure to introduce to you the author of woody guthrie: american radical, will kaufman. [applause] [applause] thank you. woody guthrie: american radical was born on bastille day, july 14th, 1912, in oklahoma. it was the square dancing, walking laughing, shooting, bleeding, gambling, fist fighting illegal gun club and razor kerri in of our ra
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