Book · 1943 · Guthrie, woody, 1912-1967
Bound for Glory
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He had written an autobiographical novel at this point called Bound for Glory that had been set to be turned into a major Hollywood production.
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There's a film called Bound for Glory that is about Woody Guthrie's story, the folk singer and his involvement in labor, and it shows this exact kind of Grapes of Wrath type situation where there are these, just they're these almost like camps of folks that are waiting for work, and it's just not coming.
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Bound for Glory by Woody Guthrie is a semi-autobiographical novel by the legendary folk singer that chronicles his early life, his travels across America during the Great Depression, and his growing involvement in labor movements. On an episode of Behind the Bastards titled Part Two: How Woody Guthrie Turned Folk Music into a Weapon, host Robert Evans discussed how Guthrie had written this autobiographical book, which was subsequently slated to be adapted into a major Hollywood film production before the project unraveled during the anti-communist blacklists. Additionally, on an episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know titled What was the Ludlow Massacre? Chapter One: The Colorado Coal Rush, the hosts explored the film adaptation of the book. They noted how the cinematic version vividly portrays Guthrie's real-life experiences with labor struggles, depicting camps of displaced workers waiting for employment in harsh conditions reminiscent of John Steinbeck's literary classics. Together, these podcast references illustrate how both the book and its cinematic adaptation serve as vital historical documents preserving the struggles of American workers and the folk traditions born out of labor activism.
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“There's a film called Bound for Glory that is about Woody Guthrie's story, the folk singer and his involvement in labor, and it shows this exact kind of Grapes of Wrath type situation where there are these, just they're these almost like camps of folks that are waiting for work, and it's just not coming.”
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