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Harper
February 2013
On Sale: February 5, 2013
288 pages
ISBN: 0062248391
EAN: 9780062248398
Kindle: B008QY1JC0
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Finished in 1947 and lost to readers until now, 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. It is the story of an
ordinary couple's dreams of a better life and their search
for love and meaning in a corrupt world. 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 progressive activism, 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. Combining
the moral urgency and narrative drive of John Steinbeck with
the erotic frankness of D. H. Lawrence, here is a powerful
tale of America from one of our greatest artists.
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