Do Re Mi Books

Ed Cray, Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie (2004)

This one competes with Joe Klein's for the title of the "authoritative biography" on Guthrie. As they say, two is better than one.

Woody Guthrie, Bound for Glory (1943)

This is a rambling record of some of Guthrie's life in Oklahoma and beyond, brought to us in the voice of the poet himself.

Joe Klein, Woody Guthrie: A Life (1999)

This is the first in-depth biography of Woody Guthrie to come out and surprisingly, it didn't until 1999.

Bill Nowlin, Woody Guthrie - American Radical Patriot (2013)

This book compiles all the golden archives of Guthrie into one book, including the famous 1940 Alan Lomax Library of Congress recordings.

John Steinbeck, East of Eden (1952)

If you liked Grapes of Wrath, you'll love East of Eden. Steinbeck takes us deep into the promised land of California to tell a devastating moral tale about good and evil. Plus, we've got a learning guide for it.

John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath (1939)

Steinbeck's classic book is like a companion volume to Dust Bowl Ballads, telling the very story that Guthrie warns about in "Do Re Mi." We've got a learning guide for this one, too.

Donald Worster, Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s (1979)

Worster's is one of many great historical accounts of Depression-era Oklahoma.