Seeds of Man: An Experience Lived and Dreamed

Seeds of Man is based on Woody Guthrie’s adventurous 1931 trip through Texas. Nineteen-year-old Woody, accompanied by family members, drives from Pampa in the Panhandle to the rugged Big Bend country in a wheezing Model-T Ford truck. They are searching for a silver mine that Uncle Jeff had discovered and then lost. This autobiographical novel, originally published in 1976 — nearly ten years after Woody Guthrie’s death — shows how his father’s search for riches was a dead-end street. The characters dare and do, drink Papa’s high-proof whiskey, eat out of cans, meet real characters, make love, and sing the lively songs composed by Woody along the way.

• Author
• Woody Guthrie

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 401

• Publisher
• University of Nebraska Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780803270534

• Genres
• fiction, novels

• Release date
• 1995