Bound for Glory (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Woody Guthrie
- First Published: 1943
- Time of Work: 1916–1942
- Setting: Primarily Oklahoma, Texas, California, and New York
- Principal Characters: Woody Guthrie, Nora Guthrie, Charlie Guthrie, Roy Guthrie, Clara Guthrie, Grandma Tanner, Cisco Houston, Ruth, Will Geer
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Music or musicians, Autobiography, 1940’s, 1930’s, Singing or singers, Tramps or hoboes, Folk music or folk songs, Railroads
- Locales: California, New York, Oklahoma, Texas
Form and Content
Bound for Glory is an epic story of a man in search of his home, and, like most other epics, it begins in medias res Woody Guthrie describes a wild ride in a rail-road boxcar with more than sixty other homeless, jobless men of every age, race, and economic background. Tensions were high and fights broke out, so Guthrie climbed atop the railroad car to escape the confusion. A thunderstorm began, however, and other tramps wrapped their shirts around Guthrie’s guitar to protect it from the rain, silently indicating their understanding of the music...
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