Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913 T
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (898 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01LXW0ZC7 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 375 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Surprisingly brilliant. I've read many books on Dylan, quite a bit by and about Guthrie, and studied--years ago--the history of labor and socialism in the US in the 19th and 20th centuries. That's the background of my appreciation of Wolff's book, which I consider brilliant. He set himself a daunting task, and achieved its goals with fine success, intertwining labor history, Guthrie's story (and songwriting development), and Dylan's early story (. ""See what your greed for money has done"" according to Michael P.. They say: "Where there's smoke, there's fire." Meaning there is a good foundation to the suspicion of a situation. Woody Guthrie sang about the atrocity of the 191"See what your greed for money has done" They say: "Where there's smoke, there's fire." Meaning there is a good foundation to the suspicion of a situation. Woody Guthrie sang about the atrocity of the 1913 Massacre, also known the Italian Hall Disaster, a festive occasion with town miners of Calumet Michigan and their families which turned to tragedy. 73 people died senselessly - 59 innocent children perished on Christmas Eve, a time that should have been joyous . Massacre, also known the Italian Hall Disaster, a festive occasion with town miners of Calumet Michigan and their families which turned to tragedy. 7"See what your greed for money has done" They say: "Where there's smoke, there's fire." Meaning there is a good foundation to the suspicion of a situation. Woody Guthrie sang about the atrocity of the 1913 Massacre, also known the Italian Hall Disaster, a festive occasion with town miners of Calumet Michigan and their families which turned to tragedy. 73 people died senselessly - 59 innocent children perished on Christmas Eve, a time that should have been joyous . people died senselessly - 59 innocent children perished on Christmas Eve, a time that should have been joyous . A solid message and delivery ThatUmbrellaGuy I have to admit a certain fascination with artists of yore, and that is not only because of where they came from and what they did, but because of what they stood for. Sadly, a lot of what that was is lost to so many, and the concept of activist artists seems mired in a climate of celebrity for celebrity's sake, PC culture, and forgetting what a cause worth standing up for actually is. To me, that is where a book like this
Tyson, author of The Blood of Emmett Till) . A dazzling, richly researched story impeccably told.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))“…Wolff provides a primer on the complicated history of anger, political and personal, in American music, one that’s never been more needed than it is today. Grown-Up Anger moves to the head of that list.” (Craig Werner, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, author of A Change Is
A tour de force of storytelling years in the making: a dual biography of two of the greatest songwriters, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, that is also a murder mystery and a history of labor relations and socialism, big business and greed in twentieth-century America—woven together in one epic saga that holds meaning for all working Americans today.When thirteen-year-old Daniel Wolff first heard Bob Dylan’s "Like a Rolling Stone," it ignited a life-long interest in understanding the rock poet’s anger. Following the trail from Dylan to Guthrie to an event that claimed the lives of seventy-four men, women, and children a century ago, Wolff found himself tracing th
He’s been nominated for a Grammy, published three collections of poetry, and collaborated with, among others, songwriters, documentary filmmakers, photographers, and choreographer Marta Renzi, his wife.. Gleason Music Book Award. Daniel Wolff is the author of The Fight for Home; How Lincoln Learned to Read; 4th of July/Asbury Park