Mudcat Café message #1441557

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Thread #79374 Message #1441557
Posted By: Mark Ross
23-Mar-05 - 10:19 AM
Thread Name: Origins: tune of Vigilante Man (Woody Guthrie)
Subject: RE: Vigilante Man, Woody Guthrie, Tune?

I don't think that Preacher Casey was based on any one individual. My guess is that he was a composite of people that Steinbeck met while he was traveling around researching the book.

Mark Ross