Woody Guthrie

Just finished reading Robert Santelli's excellent book This Land Is Your Land : Woody Guthrie and the Journey of an American Folk Song (Running Press, 256pp, hdbk). Guthrie's life has been well-documented, notably in Joe Klein's definitive biography Woody Guthrie : A Life, Guthrie's own Bound For Glory and the well-received film of the same name starring David Carradine. Santelli's book though has the evolution of Guthrie's most iconic song as the central thread in the story of his life and he firmly establishes it as the most important torch song for protest movements of all kinds through the ages. The book is beautifully produced and illustrated as well. Recommended.