My wife gave me a copy of Woody Guthrie: A Life by Joe Klein for this last Christmas. I didn't jump right into it right away. I had read Woody's Bound For Glory many years ago and sort of held Woody in awe and didn't want the glow to fade. However, once I started reading ...A Life, I was hooked. Klein's treatment of Woody's life is very truthful yet sympathetic in my opinion. Klein gives the reader a very detailed account of Woody's life including more information than I had thought possible regarding his family history, his three wives, and his children. The book also containes a good deal of information about Huntington's Disease. (Read Charlie Baum's post above. He is correct.) I also enjoyed learning about Woody's relationship with the American Left and the Communist Party during his life. I would definitely recommend this book as a 'must have' on any Mudcatter's shelf. It put a human face on someone that I feel is an American Icon.

DaveJ