Seeds of Man: An Experience Lived and Dreamed

Seeds of Man is a compelling read, a fine story in the searching-for-El Dorado mode. The novel demonstrates Guthrie's narrative powers. It would be worth reading just for the historical, social, and physical settings. When I first read it during the Seventies, I hoped that someone smart would turn it into an adventure-quest film. Someone should, to be sure. (Too bad Robert Preston would not be around to play Woody's dad or Richard Farnsworth to play the old man they meet out in the deep country.)

Woody, more than anyone, symbolizes what it takes to be an American in this folksy biography that followed his much acclaimed "Bound for Glory" in 1941. Definitely worth owning