The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #160680 Message #3841767
Posted By: DianeV
26-Feb-17 - 04:43 PM
Thread Name: New Info About Woody Guthrie's Deportee
Subject: RE: New Info About Woody Guthrie's Deportee
Tim's book is now available, and it is a must read for anyone who has been interested in this song and the story behind it. In addition to finding and interviewing family members and friends of 7 of the victims, the story of how the song was carried forward for almost 7 decades is included. The inside covers truly took my breath away . . . Woody Guthrie's original poem, with the words "The peaches are rottening" . . . just as Martin Hoffman and my father always sang it. Next book launch event for us will be the weekend of March 11/12 in Tucson, AZ.